Individuals dwelling with some of the widespread sorts of alopecia may quickly have entry to therapy on the NHS in Scotland for the primary time.
The drug – known as Ritlecitinib – will go earlier than the Scottish Medicines Consortium this week after it was authorized for NHS use in England final month.
Though the every day tablet gained’t remedy the situation, it may present therapy to some who’ve extreme alopecia areata, like 21-year-old Megan McCready, from Clydebank.
Since her prognosis on the age of 12, Megan has realized to embrace her situation and now helps different younger individuals going by means of the identical factor.
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