The Scottish government's chief pharmaceutical officer Alison Strath said: "Medicine supply is a matter reserved to the UK ...

BRITS have been told to ration their supplies of a popular painkiller as the UK faces an “enormously disruptive” nationwide ...

The Scottish Government said patients affected by the disruption will be offered alternative treatment options ...

Some patients have been told to start preparing to come off the medicine immediately due to the national shortage.

PATIENTS in Scotland are facing a shortage of a strong prescription painkiller until the summer. UK supplies of the drug are running low due to the Indian government delaying the authorisation to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. UK pharmacies are facing a warning over a shortage of co-codamol tablets (Getty Images) The National Pharmacy Association (NPA), ...

Supplies are expected to be limitied until the summer.

Supplies of prescription-strength co-codamol will be limited until the summer, the Scottish government has confirmed. A UK-wide shortage of the strongest form of the painkiller - the 30/500mg dosage - ...

Patients have been advised to reduce their use of the painkiller slowly as stopping altogether can cause withdrawal symptoms ...