With sicknesses like the flu and common cold spreading through communities this winter, medicines that combat their symptoms are becoming harder and harder to find.

Jon Valentino, a pharmacist at Institute Hill Pharmacy in Butler, said Tylenol, in particular, has been a rarity on store shelves because the demand for it has made it more scarce over the past month.

“Children's Tylenol has basically been unavailable,” Valentino said. “There is Tylenol in liquid form. It's a constant search for everybody.”

According to Valentino, the suppliers of medicines that contain acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, have been struggling to keep up with the demand.