{"id":573567,"date":"2026-08-03T16:09:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T16:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/573567\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T16:09:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T16:09:14","slug":"student-quits-university-due-to-epilepsy-medicine-shortages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/573567\/","title":{"rendered":"Student quits university due to epilepsy medicine shortages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">One customer at the pharmacy, Richard Stables, said he sometimes had to go back to his doctor to get alternative prescriptions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It&#8217;s blood pressure tablets, so you could have a stroke or heart attack any second,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a bit annoying [to] keep going up and down, up and down \u2013 more stress.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Most medicines in the UK are in good supply, a spokesperson for the Department of Health spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;This government is investing in the UK medicine manufacturing industry to manage supply disruptions where they occur,&#8221; they added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Including up to \u00a3520m in the Life Sciences Innovative Manufacturing Fund to boost UK production.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;If you&#8217;re affected by a shortage, speak to your pharmacist. They can advise whether an alternative medicine or formulation is right for you, or help you find a pharmacy that has it in stock.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But the Epilepsy Society warned that some people with the condition cannot change brands without risking seizures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One customer at the pharmacy, Richard Stables, said he sometimes had to go back to his doctor to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":573568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[163,85,46,482],"class_list":["post-573567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-health","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-medication"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/573568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}