Hay fever sufferers face a shortage of medication in pharmacies and supermarkets. 

The Met Office has announced pollen levels are set to be medium to high this weekend with shortages coming at a terrible time for allergy sufferers. 

The shortages are due to low stocks of chlorphenamine maleate, the active ingredient in brands like Piriton. 

We visited shops and pharmacies in Worcester's city centre to see if we could find any hay fever medication on shop shelves. 

The pharmacist as Kitson's Pharmacy on Broad Street said: "There are shortages.

"Piriton is the main shortage but there are alternatives you can get." 

We visited Boots and found that while some products were running low, there was plenty of alternatives available for hay fever sufferers. 

Worcester News: Boots faces shortages of some hay fever medications Boots faces shortages of some hay fever medications

Meanwhile, Superdrug was fully stocked with hay fever medication.

They were only running low on a few variations of eye drops. 

Worcester News: Superdrug is fully stocked with hay fever tablets Superdrug is fully stocked with hay fever tablets

Just outside of Worcester's city centre, the Waitrose on London Road also had plenty of hay fever medication in stock. 

Their shelves were full with the exception of one product. 

Waitrose had run out of Piriteze allergy tablets. 

Worcester News: Waitrose is currently out of stock of this box of Piriteze tablets Waitrose is currently out of stock of this box of Piriteze tablets

Piriteze Tablets contain an antihistamine called cetirizine that can be used to treat the symptoms of hay fever and other allergies.