A dad has hit out at a Clydebank medical practice after he was told a lifesaving drug for his daughter would no longer be prescribed to her. The 32-year-old had been collecting medicine for his daughter for two years before the practice stopped prescribing it recently. At just nine months old, his baby was diagnosed with biliary atresia and had to undergo an emergency liver transplant from her mum.
She then lived in the hospital for two and a half years before the right ‘cocktail’ of drugs could allow her to go home. The combination of drugs which allow the now four-year-old girl to live a normal life includes Tacrolimus, an immunosuppressive drug that is known to have some side effects. He says it needs to be given at the exact times of 8am and 8pm or his daughter goes downhill fast.
The Green Medical Practice at Clydebank Health and Care Centre had prescribed the ‘lifesaving’ drug for two years before the dad received a phone call from the practice saying they would no longer be offering it to patients. The dad claims the GP making this decision told him that Tacrolimus was being prescribed as an accident and that it’s a policy that no one at the centre can receive it. The man then sought out the help of their hospital team where his daughter goes for a check-up every three months and told them of the issue.
The team had said this was the first case they had seen of Tacrolimus not being prescribed and got in touch with the practice, but it didn’t help. Her dad s.