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BALTIMORE - Stores that carry over-the-counter fever and symptom medicine for children are struggling with the merchandise flying disconnected the shelves sooner than it tin beryllium restocked amid the dispersed of respiratory viruses.
Pediatricians are treating children for a COVID-19 resurgence, flu and RSV.
With radical readying to stitchery for the upcoming holiday, aesculapian experts judge cases volition lone climb.
"We expect aft Christmas erstwhile everybody's getting unneurotic that those numbers volition spell up, truthful I deliberation it's conscionable going to beryllium a truly unsmooth winter, and possibly February we'll spot immoderate relief," said Dr. Dana Silver, a pediatrician with Sinai Hospital.
The symptom and fever-reducing medicines for children that person been hard to support stocked astatine immoderate stores see Motrin, Tylenol and Ibuprofen.
"I deliberation that kids are conscionable moving done the medicine quicker and I deliberation that there's conscionable been a abbreviated proviso due to the fact that the pharmaceutical companies didn't expect specified a precocious need," said Dr. Silver.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration urges consumers not to stockpile the product.
Recently, immoderate pharmacy chains, including CVS, Rite Aid and Walgreens, began limiting purchases of definite children's fever alleviation medications.
Still, the Consumer Healthcare Products Association said determination is not a wide shortage.
Dr. Silver adds that if you find yourself coming up empty-handed astatine the store, determination are ways to little a fever from home.
"They don't person to panic erstwhile their kid gets a fever and instantly bring it down. You tin usage the regular location remedies: drinking chill fluids, dressing their kid lightly, a lukewarm washcloth connected the face," said Dr. Silver.
Medical experts besides explained not to edifice to utilizing big fever-reducing medications without clearing it with a pediatrician first.
For updates connected lawsuit counts by a virus, the Maryland Department of Health keeps way done idiosyncratic dashboards:
- Influenza - Updated each Friday
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus - Updated each Thursday
- COVID-19 - Updated each concern time astatine 10 a.m.
Cristina Mendez joined WJZ successful November 2021 arsenic a multimedia journalist.
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