'Triple threat' of viruses causing major shortage of kids' medication

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Health Canada is urging parents not to stockpile kids' medications or give children adult drugs without medical consultation. – via healthing_ca CPhAAPhC CaringforKids Amoxicillin kidsmedication children medicationshortage antibiotic healthnews

this fall, and now we’ve got this triple threat with COVID-19 circulating at relatively high levels, influenza season looking to shape up to be worse and earlier than an average year based off what we’ve seen out of the southern hemisphere and the United States, and then high levels of RSV [respiratory syncytial virus] circulating all of these viral illnesses,” she says.

Those same factors are true with antibiotics, but one advantage to liquid amoxicillin is that the dosage can be given in specific increments, which offers more flexibility than a pill. This can be especially helpful for children, as how much given is often based on a child’s weight.

There’s an easy answer when it comes to Australia, Belcher says: the seasons are the opposite of ours, so while Canada is entering the flu and virus season in the fall, Australia is beginning its spring. As for the United States, Belcher isn’t completely clear on how it has avoided a shortage, other than the fact that it may have more manufacturing capabilities that allow companies to produce more product in advance of a projected shortage.

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