Pharmacies across Southern California are seeing shortages of cough medicines, pain relievers and more as flu season continues to pick up.
"Tylenol, infant Tylenol, children's Tylenol, but we're running out of that as well, unfortunately," said Jessica, a pharmacist in Ontario. "We bought like three, four cases, we're almost done with our last case, actually."has put strain on hospitals in Los Angeles and Orange counties.
"What can happen is a bacterial infection can kind of piggyback off of the flu, the most common one being an ear infection," said Dr. Santhosh Nadipuram, a pediatric epidemiologist with Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children's. "You want to treat it with amoxicillin, and we have a shortage of especially the ones you need for little kids, the syrup."
The exact reason for the shortage is not known, but medical professionals theorize at least some of the shortage was caused by supply chain issues. Dr. Nadipuram says there are still things parents can do if their child is sick but they cant find medicine. "If they want to be kept warm, give them a nice warm blanket, even if they have a fever, it's okay," he said. "If they want to cool off they can throw off their blanket. There [are] now excellent studies… that [show] chicken soup works."All the news you need to know, every day
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