NORTHEAST, WI- Supplies are running low for over-the-counter children medications due to the “tripledemic.”
Hospitals are seeing an uptick in RSV, influenza and COVID-19 in children, and that has led to shortages in children’s Tylenol, children’s ibuprofen and other medications.
According to the Consumer Healthcare Products Association, sales of kids’ medicine to treat pain and fever are up 65% from this time last year.
“We were all masking, socially distancing, keeping away from one another,” said ThedaCare CEO and President Dr. Imran Andrabi.
Dr. Andrabi says we can expect the “tripledemic” to slow down in four to six weeks. “We are right now in the zone where it’s probably not peaked yet,” said Andrabi.
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