Ibuprofen from the U.S. is flowing across the border, with supplies of acetaminophen set to come from Australia “soon,” according to the government agency.
, and even crossing the border, to secure treatments for ailing kids.
“By the week of Nov. 21, over 1 million bottles of children’s pain and fever medications for hospitals, community pharmacies and retail outlets will have been imported into Canada. Health Canada provided no breakdown of what is in the 1 million bottles that will have arrived by the end of this week. Nor did it say how much of the American ibuprofen is destined for pharmacy shelves, or when it will get there.
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