LAKELAND, Fla. — The tripledemic has raised the request for children’s medicine; present large pharmacy chains are limiting the magnitude you tin purchase.
RSV, flu, and COVID are hitting kids hard and causing an summation successful request for children’s pain-relief medicine. The accrued request forced CVS and Walgreens to restrict the magnitude of pediatric ibuprofen, and acetaminophen customers tin buy.
“With the precocious fig of illnesses coupled with proviso concatenation issues, we are seeing medications similar Motrin for children and Advil for children and Tylenol for children that are becoming harder to find,” said Dr. Lisa Cronin, North Pinellas Children's Medical Center.
Pediatrician Dr. Lisa Cronin said if you can't find the medicines your kid needs, you tin inquire your pharmacy for a generic version.
“The generic mentation of Tylenol is acetaminophen, and the generic mentation of Advil oregon Motrin is ibuprofen. A batch of times, adjacent though these marque names whitethorn not beryllium available, determination whitethorn beryllium a generic version,” she said.
Dr. Cronin told ABC Action News that you tin besides springiness your kid the tablet signifier of medication, but it’s important to consult your pediatrician first.
“It is important that if you are going to see a tablet signifier for your older child, that you cognize the dose based connected their value that your pediatrician has recommended and that you’re checking the vessel to spot what dose that tablet is to marque definite that you’re giving the close dose of medication,” said Dr. Cronin.
According to the Consumer Healthcare Products Association, income of pediatric symptom relievers are up 65% from this clip past year. However, manufacturers importune determination is not a wide shortage.
Dr. Cronin is encouraging radical to lone bargain the medications that they need. She said parents don't person to dainty each fever their kid has. If your kid has a fever but is acting normal, fto the fever tally its course.
“I truly counsel parents to dainty however their kid is acting, not needfully immoderate fixed fig and if they person a question scope retired to their child’s pediatrician,” Dr. Cronin said.
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