Two people with cystic fibrosis say they are eating less and rationing pills due to the shortage.
Charlotte Bones, 31, says she is worried about the impact of eating less on her diabetes and cystic fibrosis
The Department for Health and Social Care said it was "working closely with industry, the NHS and others in the supply chain" to make sure alternative products were available. "Bearing in mind I have been cutting down knowing that there's a shortage, I can try and make it stretch to about four days, five days ."Ms Bones said without enough Creon she worried she would be more likely to get an infection she could not fight
"If you're not taking Creon things can run through you, to be quite gruesome and so it is quite disruptive," she explained."The fear is that the weight will start to drop off and I'd be more inclined to get an infection," she said. She added: "There's just this whole spin-off that no-one seems to be thinking about. They're just thinking about, 'well, you know it's just another medication' and that's it.
Although he has been told he may be able to take alternative medications, he is worried it will "upset my stomach again", but if he runs out of Creon altogether he worries he "wouldn't be able to eat without stomach ache".Like Ms Bones, Mr Horwood also said his cystic fibrosis could get worse."If I'm not eating properly then my chest will go downhill.
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