ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – First it was toilet paper, past babe formula. Now, parents are struggling to find medicine for their children connected store shelves.
Medicine similar symptom relievers, and fever reducers – tools that parents number on, particularly during this surge successful viral infections.
KOB 4 went looking for that medicine Tuesday, we checked retired Walgreens, Albertson’s, Walmart, and a Target – six stores successful all. We recovered astir 4 bottles of liquid children’s Tylenol, retired of each of that.
Store employees we asked had nary hint erstwhile they would beryllium getting caller shipments. But, we did speech to a section doc Tuesday, and determination are immoderate different options.
“Typically, there’s debased levels of corruption passim the twelvemonth with small surges successful the winter. But this twelvemonth is precise unique, I hope, successful that we person 3 large respiratory infections making the rounds, and each of them tin origin important fevers,” said Dr. Alex Cvijanovich, erstwhile president of the New Mexico Pediatric Society.
Cvijanovich believes it’s a surge successful request that’s causing a disruption successful availability, adjacent successful immoderate pediatric offices.
“There are kids that tin person a debased people fever of 100 oregon adjacent 101, and they’re inactive progressive and playing. That is not a clip that you person to treat, successful fact, it mightiness beryllium a amended thought not to treat,” said Cvijanovich. “At the aforesaid token if a kid has a fever of 100, but is suffering with musculus aches oregon conscionable feeling poorly and not wanting to devour and drink, and play, past I bash deliberation that’s a tenable clip to treat.”
So what bash you bash if you can’t find that liquid gold?
Cvijanovich suggests looking for a generic children’s acetaminophen oregon ibuprofen, oregon trying a luke lukewarm bath oregon compress.
“In times of desperation I deliberation we each scope retired for thing we tin find, those are immoderate important things to remember,” said Cvijanovich.
Parents should not springiness children aspirin and cheque with a pharmacy erstwhile resorting to crushing tablets. She says determination is 1 different reliable option.
“Tylenol besides comes successful a suppository signifier truthful that tin beryllium a bully enactment for infants and toddlers,” Cvijanovich said.
That suppository enactment is kept down the antagonistic astatine the pharmacy. While parents don’t needfully similar to usage the suppository option, she says it is incredibly speedy and effective.
If your kid is truly struggling with prolonged fever for much than 3 oregon 4 days, speech to your pediatrician.
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