File photo of infants’ Tylenol brand fever and pain reliever. Health Canada says it's importing a foreign supply of children's pain and fever medications that will be available on retail shelves in the coming weeks, November 14, 2022. (Photo: Giordano Ciampini/The Canadian Press)

By The Canadian Press

Health Canada importing children’s pain medication to restock store shelves

Nov 14, 2022 | 12:37 PM

TORONTO, ON – Health Canada says it’s importing a foreign supply of children’s pain and fever medications that will be available on retail shelves in the coming weeks.

The agency had previously announced it was importing children’s acetaminophen and ibuprofen to be distributed to hospitals.

Now it says it has also secured supplies of acetaminophen to be distributed to pharmacies and drugstores.

The government did not immediately say how much supply is coming or where it is being imported from.

But it says all imports will meet Canada’s manufacturing standards and have instructions in both English and French.

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The agency asks consumers to only purchase what they need to ensure other parents and caregivers have access to the medicine.

The move follows a months-long shortage of children’s pain and fever medication that has sent many parents and caregivers scouring bare shelves and swapping tips on drug sightings.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 14, 2022.

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