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Pharmacies Are Limiting Sales of Kids' Pain and Fever Medicine

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A children's pain and fever section of a CVS pharmacy in Burbank, California. 

A children's pain and fever section of a CVS pharmacy in Burbank, California. 

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CVS Health Corp. and Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., two of the largest US pharmacy chains, are limiting purchases of children’s pain-relief medicines amid constrained supplies and high demand.

CVS is restricting shoppers to two products each for in-store and online purchases. Walgreens is limiting online orders to six products and isn’t setting limits for in-store purchases. Walmart Inc. isn’t placing any purchase limits, while Kroger Co. said it is asking shoppers to limit purchases to two kids pain medicine products. Rite Aid Corp. isn’t limiting purchases.