Hay fever tablets run low across the country due to chlorphenamine maleate shortage
Hay fever tablets run low across the country due to shortage of active ingredient chlorphenamine maleate
Chlorphenamine maleate is an active ingredient in Piriton medication Piriton tablets are out of stock online at Boots, Lloyds Pharmacy and Coop Pharmacy
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Chlorphenamine maleate is an active ingredient in Piriton medication and stocks are running low, say Boots
Hay fever tablets are running low across the country due to an ingredient shortage – and the timing couldn’t be worse as forecasters are predicting a rise in pollen levels.
Stocks of chlorphenamine maleate, an active ingredient in Piriton medication and other such remedies, are widely limited, according to Boots.
Piriton tablets are out of stock online at Boots, Lloyds Pharmacy and Coop Pharmacy but its syrups for children are still available. Pollen levels are expected to peak as the two main types – from trees and grass – are simultaneously released in mid-May. And the Met Office warned that ‘levels will be high across much of the UK today and Tuesday’.
Overall, the UK has experienced a general drugs shortage problem in recent weeks. Two-thirds of pharmacists have been facing supply issues every day, according to the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee.
Boots told The Daily Telegraph: ‘There are a very small number of lines that are currently out of stock due to an industry-wide shortage of chlorphenamine maleate. However, we are expecting this to be resolved soon.’
