A Patient with a serious medical condition has spoken of her fear that a no-deal Brexit would leave herwithout vital medication.
Writer Jennie Kermode, 45, from Paisley, has mixed connective tissue disease with elements of lupus, scleroderma and polymyositis - a condition that means her immune system attacks her skin, muscles and kidneys.
She told the Press Association: "I've lost so much muscle that I can no longer walk, but I'm not now losing more at a significant rate, and my kidneys are stable. This is thanks to a drug called tacrolimus which is manufactured in Turkey," she said.
"Unfortunately, due to production issues, tacrolimus is already in short supply in the UK so there's no pre-Brexit NHS stockpile.
"If I can't get it, there's a chance that I'll be able to successfully transfer to another immunosuppressant, if that's available, but doing so will be risky and all the others in existence will make me much more sick than the tacrolimus does."
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"I can probably last one to two weeks without my medication before my kidneys fail," Ms Kermode said.
She added: "I've spoken to my consultant rheumatologist who said 'Don't worry, somebody will think of something'.
"I wasn't very reassured by that. I'm not aware of anybody working on any remotely practical solution."
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