Families ration formula for children as shortage worsens
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On Thursday, Claire Holland graduated from sixth grade. It was a happy day. She made the honor roll and she won her class' big science award, but her day was not without worries. The 12-year- old for Mandeville, Louisiana is caught up in the formula shortage that has left countless families across the country on edge. The shortage has even sent some children to the hospital, because they can't get enough nutrition.
Holland has what's known as tyrosinemia. It means that her body cannot metabolize a specific amino acid called tyrosine. To survive, she has to eat an extremely low protein diet supplemented with a special formula made by Abbott. The formula called Tyrex-2 is an amino acid modified medical food. Without it she won't get enough vitamins and nutrients that most people would get from regular food.
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