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Whether you need a prescription or are looking for an over-the-counter pain reliever or fever reducer, not being able to get your medications can be worrisome. Due to specific shortages, some pharmacies even limit the amount of over-the-counter medications a person can purchase at one time.
“These shortages are occurring with medications that we’re not used to seeing in short supply, which can create some challenges,” says Nebraska Medicine pharmacist Christopher Zaleski, PharmD. “Especially with OTC medications, we tend to take for granted that they’ll be there when we need them.”
