Cold Medicine Crisis: The Ineffectiveness of Oral Phenylephrine The Current Situation As fall progresses and cold and flu season approaches, pharmacies are facing a host of challenges. CVS and Walgreens, two leading pharmacy chains, have experienced labor protests by pharmacy staff, who are dissatisfied with their working conditions. Moreover, a recent development has further compounded […]
CVS Pulls Some Cold Meds After Phenylephrine’s Fall From Favor CVS Health, the largest pharmacy chain in the United States, recently announced that it will be pulling certain decongestants from its shelves and will no longer sell them. This decision comes after advisers to U.S. health regulators determined that one of the ingredients, phenylephrine, does […]
CVS Walkout Ends, Pharmacists Cautiously Optimistic Amid Promises of More Staff and Relief The Walkout and Demands CVS pharmacists in the Kansas City region have returned to work after a series of improvements were promised by the company to address concerns over working conditions that potentially jeopardized patient safety. The improvements, which include additional staffing […]
CVS Health Faces Pharmacist Walkouts and Workplace Concerns Introduction CVS Health, the nation’s largest retail pharmacy chain, is facing a wave of pharmacist walkouts and protests in the Kansas City metropolitan area. Pharmacists are demanding better working conditions, citing issues such as understaffing, backlogs of prescriptions, and inadequate resources. This report will delve into the […]
