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Daniel Keane

Hay fever pill shortage hits High Street chemists as Met Office warns of ‘high’ pollen levels

Hay fever can cause symptoms including sneezing (Stock image)

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High Street chemists have run out of hay-fever medicine amid a nationwide shortage of supplies.

Boots said stocks of chlorphenamine maleate, an active ingredient in brands such as Piriton, were running low as the Met Office warned pollen levels would rise this week.

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