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Tauranga boy pleads for Trikafta drug to ease cystic fibrosis 19 Feb, 2021 10:00 PM 7 minutes to read Harry Oxenham has cystic fibrosis and hopes a treatment drug will change his life. Photo / George Novak Harry Oxenham has cystic fibrosis and hopes a treatment drug will change his life. Photo / George Novak It s a little like the sound of a dishwasher or the washing machine. The sound is relentless - constantly filling the silence of thought as Harry s parents, Aly, Dan and I talk. Ironically, relentless is how Aly describes the half-hour treatment regime that sees Harry using three different mouthpieces, to achieve three different results for the sticky mucus on his lungs, otherwise known as cystic fibrosis. ....
Rotorua 11-year-old begs for Trikafta to be free of cystic fibrosis 12 Feb, 2021 05:00 PM 6 minutes to read Leah Rumney who wants Trikafta for Leah s cystic fibrosis Leah Rumney s Christmas wish was to be free of cystic fibrosis. But it s a wish which broke her mother s heart because she knew she couldn t make it happen for her 11-year-old. Not without Trikafta - a breakthrough treatment Cystic Fibrosis NZ says is widely heralded as having the potential to turn cystic fibrosis from a life-threatening condition to a manageable condition. But it is not currently registered and funded in New Zealand. And at more than $470,000 a year the drug is simply not attainable to many with cystic fibrosis, including the Rotorua girl. ....