LOCAL MPs including Southport's John Pugh and West Lancashire's Rosie Cooper are being canvassed for support about new guidelines for the treatment of osteoporosis.
NICE - the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence - have recommended that only the drug 'alendronate' should be prescribed to patients at a high risk of breaking a bone due to osteoporosis for whom it is regarded as likely to be effective.
As a result of earlier protests NICE have now dropped their recommendation about treatment being determined by a patient's age.
But NOS chief executive, Claire Severgnini, said the appraisal by NICE needs to look beyond first line treatment. Hundreds of thousands of osteoporosis patients would not be able to take the proposed drug for various medical reasons.
The NOS is now calling on its 25,000 members to join the campaign around its NICE appeal and to appeal to their local MPs to support them.
Anyone wishing to know about the local group can call chairman Christine Rostron on 01704 575102
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