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‘Empty shelves’: Pharmacies flag cold and flu med supply issues as demand spikes

 
• By Eliza Loukou and Costanza Potter

Pharmacists have reported struggling to get hold of medicines such as Lemsip amid a significant increase in demand for cold and flu treatments.

Some pharmacists reported they had "sold out of all cold remedies"
Costanza Potter

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Cos Potter joined C+D as its news editor in December 2022 but has been covering primary care news for over five years. After starting out at the pharmacy press in 2019, she worked at a GP title for several years before the pharmacy sector beckoned her back.

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