ibuprofen

This medicine is available under the names Combiflam, Flexion, Ibugesic Plus, Adiflam, Zupar and Aimol.According to doctors, taking this medicine on your own can have a harmful effect on the health of your stomach.Ibuprofen is an analgesic…

Influenza, or the flu, is a viral illness that typically lasts 1-2 weeks. Antibiotics are not effective against the flu, as it is a viral infection. Instead, symptomatic treatment, including rest, hydration, and over-the-counter pain…

There’s lingering confusion over whether Health Canada has fully approved the “exceptional importation” of pediatric medicine procured by the government of Alberta. In late 2022, the province announced it found a manufacturer to…

Purchases of children's pain-relief medication will be limited at two of the largest US pharmacy chains as demand surges during this year's devastating flu season.CVS will be limiting purchases of drugs like children's Tylenol in-store and…

As many parents scramble to find medication for their children as respiratory viruses wreak havoc among kids, the Alberta government announced Alberta Health Services has secured a shipment of five million bottles of children’s…

New shipments of children’s pain medication will be available for retail purchase “in the coming weeks,” thanks to foreign supplies of the medication recently secured by Health Canada, the regulator said Monday. The shipments of…

With an ongoing shortage of children’s pain medication in Canada, pharmacists say parents should be cautious in substituting pediatric medications with drugs like Advil and Tylenol made for adults. Pharmacists have been fielding an…

Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says supplies of children’s painkillers are increasing rapidly, but not quickly enough to meet an expected winter surge in demand. Duclos, speaking after funding meetings with provincial and…

There are growing concerns about an ongoing nationwide shortage of pain medications for children in Canada, as the annual flu season and a potential wave of COVID-19 loom. Since the summer, infant and children’s acetaminophen and…

Lying on the floor for hours in agony, constantly exhausted and often trapped at home because she needed to rush to the loo at least 20 times a day … This was Caroline Etheridge’s life in her teens and early 20s.‘I was off work all the time…