Children's cold and flu medicines are trickling in to Vancouver Island pharmacies but the resupply is doing little to address shortages.
Federal aid in the form of children's cold and flu medicine is trickling in to Vancouver Island pharmacies but the resupply is doing little to address shortages, with the medication running out again almost as quickly as it arrives.
The company has six locations in Greater Victoria, and Dixon says each of them have received a couple shipments of acetaminophen from the federal government to address the national shortage of children’s cold and flu medicine."When we say shipments, it's like maybe 12 bottles," she says. "So it's in very, very small supply."
"We are often keeping it behind the counter so the pharmacist can counsel the patient and make sure that no one is taking more than one bottle at once because we know that this is in such short supply, and it's needed for the sickest patients," she says.
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