New HSE figures show 35,500 people nationally are being prescribed Ozempic under public health schemes.
A Westmeath pharmacist feels the supply shortage for Ozempic is steadily improving.
New figures from the HSE show over 35,500 people nationally are being prescribed Ozempic under the Medical Card or Long Term Illness schemes to treat diabetes.
In Laois and Offaly, that figure is over 1,570 while in Longford-Westmeath, over 1,350 people received the drug under the public system last year.
John Gildea, Owner of Haven Pharmacy Gildea's Kinnegad and Killucan says it can be difficult when the need is there for patients:
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