Patients Who Depend On Medicine From EU Launch Campaign Against Brexit

She told PA: “A no-deal Brexit would mean huge uncertainty. My parents rely on medicines – they’re in their 80s.

“My dad suffers from epilepsy and has relied on anti-epileptic drugs for 40 years. My uncle has severe Parkinson’s and desperately needs his medication. It’s hugely worrying.”

Patients with epilepsy, cancer, asthma and other conditions said they worried about their health deteriorating after Brexit, particularly a no-deal Brexit.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said this week he would rather be “dead in a ditch” than delay Brexit, and has repeatedly warned the UK will be leaving the EU on October 31, regardless of whether a deal has been agreed.

One person, who has a prosthetic mitral heart valve, said his medication was already becoming harder to find.

He said: “Brexit is already threatening my medication, and that’s even before it’s happened. There are no guarantees given that I can maintain my daily dose to keep me healthy.”