(Reuters) -Pharmacy chains CVS Health Corp (NYSE:CVS) and Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ:WBA) Inc limited purchase of children's pain drugs as they face supply constraints and high demand with the United States experiencing one of the worst flu season in a decade.
CVS said there is currently a two-product limit on all children's pain-relief products at all its pharmacy locations and online, while Walgreens said it had put a limit of six over-the-counter pediatric fever reducers per online transaction.
Bloomberg Law, which first reported about the purchase limit, said U.S. supermarket chain Kroger (NYSE:KR) Co was also putting a limit over the purchases to two children's pain medicine products.
Kroger did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.