Target to limit purchases of Children's Tylenol to two bottles each trends now
Target is the latest pharmacy to restrict the purchase of children's over-the-counter fever and pain medication amid the devastating 'tripledemic' striking the US.
Online purchases of drugs such as Tylenol, Advil and Motrin are limited to just two per transaction on the retail giant's website. There are no limits on in-store purchases.
The chain now joins two pharmacy giants, CVS and Walgreens, in limiting the purchases of over-the-counter pediatric medication. At CVS, only two boxes of medication can be purchased at a time in-story and online. Walgreens has limited online purchased to six at a time.
These limits come amid a surge in demand for the medication caused by outbreaks of the flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) erupting across America - mainly striking children. Some online retailers tried to cash in by marking up the medication 30-fold in recent days.
Target will no longer allow the purchase of more than two packages of children's pain and flu medication online as demand for the drugs surge
Flu cases dropped for the second straight week in the most recent CDC report, with 33,041 confirmed infections. This is a 26 percent drop from previous weeks
RSV cases continued their tumble this week, falling to 3,554 confirmed infections. This is half as many cases as the week prior, and the lowest weekly infection total since mid-September
Demand for fever reducers and pain relievers - especially pediatric varieties - has rocketed just as manufacturers face issues.
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