Over-the-Counter and Prescription Drug Shortage Likely to Continue in San Diego - NBC San Diego

The existent shortage of over-the-counter medicine and medicine medicine is ongoing.

It includes over-the-counter medications similar Tylenol and Motrin.

The shortage is chiefly owed to accrued demand, which comes aft a autumn that saw a spike successful respiratory illnesses similar Influenza, RSV and COVID-19.

“Unfortunately, there's nary Children's Tylenol disposable astir since like, 3 weeks oregon 4 weeks,” pharmacist Prashant Koyani said.

The shortage adjacent includes medicine medications similar the ADHD cause Adderall and antibiotic Amoxicillin, among others.

Some of the medicine cause shortages are attributed to manufacturing delays. It's impacting radical successful San Diego and crossed the nation.

San Diegan Alberta Cumplido struggles to find her regular medication, which is important to her health.

“I americium a recipient of a surviving kidney donor and I request the rejection pills which are precise important. I person to instrumentality them each time and I cannot person immoderate gaps,” Cumplido said.

Cumplido works with her physicians and section pharmacy to make a program to unafraid a capable proviso of medication.

“The caller program that we have, Prashant and I, is that we person to telephone the UCSD doctors to inquire them, tin I modify the medicine? Is determination thing other that I tin take? What tin I do? Because cipher has the medicine. No pharmacy has the medicine until February — if it comes in,” Cumplido said.

In a connection to NBC 7, CVS Health said, "We're presently seeing accrued request for cold, flu, symptom alleviation and definite medicine antibiotic products. We're committed to gathering our customers' and patients' needs and are moving with our suppliers to guarantee continued entree to these items."