Pharmacies have run out of some cough medicines and some other pharmaceuticals have been in short supply due to heavy demand due to the current covid-surge.
President of the Barbados Pharmaceutical Society Yolande Pantin tells Starcom Network News some items are completely out of stock and supply of others is fast diminishing.
Meantime, proprietor of Roundhay Pharmacy, Everton Lashley, told a similar story of some pharmaceuticals being in short supply but notes some are again becoming available.
He says demand is definitely outstripping supply.
Bruce Mayhew Manager of Collins Pharmacy, a manufacturer and distributor, reports some of tee heavily demanded medicines are back in supply.
