Scots mum begs for help with son's 'life-saving' cannabis medication as costs double

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A Scots mum is calling for help from the Scottish Government with the cost of her son's 'life-saving' cannabis medication spiralling out of control.Lisa Quarrell is paying out more than £1,500 every 28 days for Bendrolite - a cannabis-based oil that prevents her 11-year-old son, Cole Thomson, from having dangerous seizures.

The medication was half that price at £750 just four years ago, the mum claims.Cole previously suffered up to 20 seizures a day for six years, due to his rare and drug-resistant focal epilepsy.Lisa, from East Kilbride, has had to find more than £80,000 over the years to afford twice-daily injections of the oil that is placed via syringe under Cole's tongue.The family has been supported by kind locals and businesses who raised tens of thousands to help but Lisa, 42, knows 'donations won't last forever'.

It comes as the project officer is facing pressure from increased electricity bills and mortgage payments The 'exhausted mum is demanding 'answers' from Humza Yousaf, who promised when he was health minister he would look into her case, and is begging for financial help.

She told Glasgow Live: "As Cole grows bigger he will need a higher dosage of Bendrolite, so the cost will go up."I cannot get over how kind people and businesses have been in fundraising over the years, it's really overwhelming and has helped so much."But it's a sad fact, Cole is 11 years old, he's not a 'cute wee boy' anymore.