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    Shortage of MND drug causing patients anxiety as charity seeks resolution

    by Storm Newton Jan 23, 2024 3 minutes
    Source: PA Wire

    Charity leaders are set to meet with the Government to discuss a shortage in the supply of the only licenced medicine that treats degenerative condition motor neurone disease (MND), with patients warning the issue is stripping away “hope of any extra time with loved ones”.

    People with MND have been reporting issues with getting a prescription for riluzole since the autumn, according to the MND Association.

    The drug can help slow symptoms of

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