Walgreens is capping online orders of over-the-counter pediatric fever reducers to six, and CVS narrowed all of its children’s pain relief medications — online and at its physical locations — to two per person.
Both CVS and Walgreens cited heightened demand as the reason for the purchase limits, according to The Hill.
The FDA has not listed a national shortage of any specific pediatric pain medications, but the demand hike coincides with a supply issue of multiple drugs used in young populations, including amoxicillin, amoxicillin and clavulanate, and children’s Tylenol.
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