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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Holly Evans

MS patient’s life ‘crumbling’ after being switched to cheaper drug under NHS cost-cutting drive

A woman with multiple sclerosis (MS) says she has been left with debilitating symptoms after the NHS switched her to a cheaper drug.

Julie Cowdrill is among scores of MS patients who say they have suffered a regression in their condition after being switched from a drug called Tysabri to one called Tyruko, with complaints that a “cost-cutting exercise” is coming at the expense of their health.

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