2022 shipment of children’s pain-relief medicine still for sale at Calgary pharmacy [Video]

The province still has a huge supply of a Turkish children’s pain-relief medicine that was procured in 2022 during a countrywide shortage.

According to Aberta’s health minister’s office, of the 1.25 million bottles of the imported children’s acetaminophen and ibuprofen that was made available to Alberta pharmacies, fewer than 5,000 bottles have been ordered.

One Calgary London Drugs still sells the Turkish liquid acetaminophen “Parol”, with an expiry date of 2026.

But it must be kept behind the counter, and pharmacists are required to go over proper dosage use with customers.

The province paid $80 million for five million bottles of the fever-and pain-relief medicine.

Health Canada had to approve the sale, which also required the bottles to be re-labelled.

Some of that supply was also designated for hospitals, which saw a surge in child illnesses in 2022 during the pandemic.

The province paid $80 million for five million bottles …