Steroid inhaler manufacturers are experiencing “significant demand” as people in the UK try to stock up in light of the covid-19 pandemic, causing “distressing shortages,” the Department of Health and Social Care has warned. Several inhalers have been listed as out of stock by All About Health1—which distributes pharmaceutical and healthcare products to pharmacies, hospitals, and doctors across the UK—including Clenil (beclomethasone) made by Italian pharmaceutical company Chiesi. The British Thoracic Society warned that demand for inhalers had increased by …
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