Health Canada pegged part of the problem to “unprecedented demand since the summer.”
Emergency supplies of pain and fever medication are expected to arrive soon at hospitals overwhelmed by respiratory illnesses, but observers say more can be done to guard against future drug shortages.
The extraordinary measures follow a months-long shortage of children’s pain and fever medication that has sent many parents and caregivers scouring bare shelves and swapping tips on drug sightings. Parents have been understandably alarmed, but the media coverage may have led some to stockpile bottles and worsen the problem, Health Canada’s chief medical adviser Dr. Supriya Sharma suggested during a media briefing Oct. 7.
“However, what happened was the demand shifted so much earlier and lifted so much more sharply that even trying to catch up is a mad task for producers,” said Berg. Spring and summer stock was depleted much earlier than anticipated, she said.
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