The Quebec Order of Pharmacists is urging parents to resist the temptation to hoard certain hard-to-find children s medicines should they happen upon a well-stocked store. Liquid suspensions of acetaminophen and ibuprofen for children remain in short supply in many pharmacies across the province and in the rest of the country, after several months.
Parents are urged not to panic-buy pain and fever medications, and instead speak to a pharmacist, as some stores across Canada run low on children's acetaminophen and ibuprofen products.
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