N.B. woman set to study abroad told she can only get 28-day supplies of life-saving drug – New Brunswick [Video]

A New Brunswick woman with cystic fibrosis is calling for changes to how one of her medications is offered.

Leah Brennan is set to move to Ireland next week to pursue a physiotherapy program, but isn’t able to get an extended supply of one of her medications.

“It’s super frustrating because I, in the back of my mind, I’ve already had cystic fibrosis as a roadblock and a barrier,” she said.

“I feel like I’m stuck again.”

Brennan has been taking Trikafta for nearly three years, which has helped eliminate her symptoms. When she and her sister — who also has cystic fibrosis — were born, their life expectancy was about 18 years.

By the time they were teenagers, medical advances extended their life expectancies into their 50s. Now, with Trikafta, their life expectancy is the same as the general population.

Growing up, both sisters were told that they should avoid careers in health care or …