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Pharmacists warn drug shortage affecting cancer patients

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74% Informative

Creon is a pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (Pert) It helps digestion and is required by patients with pancreatic cancer, cystic fibrosis, and chronic pancreatitis.

Some patients are said to be "skipping meals" to ration medication due to a shortage of it.

Department of Health and Social Care says there are " European -wide supply issues".

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69

Informative language

64

Neutral language

62

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

55

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not offensive

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not hateful

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Time-value

short-lived

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2

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