Canada is still short on children’s pain, fever medications. Those aren’t the only drugs we need

By The Big Story

Pain and fever meds for children — like acetaminophen and ibuprofen — have been in short supply across the country for several months. Purchases made by the government have begun to hit shelves, but for many parents, they’re still difficult to find.

How did a handful of factors combine to cause this shortage? Why has it lasted so long?

Carly Weeks is a health reporter at The Globe and Mail. She joins us to discuss the origins of the shortages and when we can expect to see a normalization of the drug supply.

“These problems are ongoing, and there’s very little way for our government to guarantee we’re going to have these medications in stock for you because they’re being supplied by private companies,” she said.

So how did a handful of factors combine to cause this shortage? And why has it lasted so long?

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