An urgent warning has been issued
Chemists and high street pharmacies are reportedly seeing low stocks of Calpol, as well as Lemsip and Gaviscon. Dr Leyla Hannbeck, chief executive of the Association for Independent Multiple Pharmacies told the Daily Mail: "Supplies of liquid paracetamol and ibuprofen, which are given to children to ease pain, are very low indeed.
"Pharmacists are spending a lot of time trying to ensure we get drips of medicines coming through – at least one variant of each – so patients are not left completely high and dry. It's not just children's painkillers that are affected – it's a range of other very common medicines including Sterimar congestion relief nasal spray for babies, Lemsip, Gaviscon, Optrex and [constipation treatment] Senokot.
Read more: Weather forecast on Tuesday for Huddersfield, Bradford, York and Sheffield as wet weather takes over She added that shortages are due to "constraints" at factories and "issues with production of the raw ingredients used to make common drugs in China and India," BirminghamLive reports. The expert continued: "Please don't hoard these medicines – there's no need to be concerned and pharmacists are doing everything they can to ease the situation."
A previous warning over similar shortages was issued just months ago. A Department of Health and Social Care spokesman said in a statement today: "We know how distressing and frustrating medicine supply issues can be, but we want to assure people that we have well-established processes with an aim to prevent supply issues occurring in the first instance, and to manage or mitigate them when they occur.
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