As coronavirus fears reach new heights, people around Australia are panic buying supplies to make sure they have what they need.

Unfortunately, this leaves other people who are unable to buy in bulk left with nothing, as a Sydney man who suffers from cystic fibrosis discovered.

“I’ve started a new lifesaving drug which makes me cough up a lot of mucus,” Peter Oxford told news.com.au.

“I go through a box of tissues a day.”

As he steadily ran out of tissues throughout the week, he was unable to find any more available in his local shops.

He finished his last box at 3 am and begged for help by leaving a note in the lift to his apartment block.

“Dear neighbours,” the note reads.

“I can’t find tissues anywhere at our supermarkets, I have cystic fibrosis and need these on a daily basis.

“I can swap you for a roll of toilet paper.

“Is this what its (sic) come to?”

#toiletpaper #toiletpaperpanic #toiletpapergate #coronavirus #coronavirusaustralia #cysticfibrosis @BradHazzard @tracygrimshaw @sunriseon7 @9NewsAUS @Studio10au pic.twitter.com/pANE5AFYgu

— Peter Oxford (@Peter_Oxford) March 8, 2020

As cystic fibrosis is a life-threatening respiratory disease, Oxford is helpful that his new treatment Symdeko could be the answer. He started the treatment 10 days ago and will be needing a lot of tissues for at least two weeks as his body grows accustomed to the new drug.

“The last three nights I’ve been up coughing, didn’t get any sleep,

“I also feel dizzy, nauseated and extra tired from the medication,” he explained.

As Oxford was on the hunt for tissues, he went to shops four times a day and came back empty handed each time.

“I went to grocery stores in Roseberry, Greensquare, Waterloo and Zetland. I even went to Bunnings … Nothing.”

“I nearly want to cry. It’s causing me so much anxiety.”

“People with disabilities are being disadvantaged with all this toilet paper buying,” he said.

Oxford said he was able to get one box of tissues on Saturday, but the box was being sold for an inflated amount of $3.50 for 80 tissues.

“Usually it’s a dollar for 200 tissues,” he said.

“I don’t have family near me, I support myself,” he said. “The coronavirus panic is costing more money for people like myself.”

He said that “something good came out of this as well” as a neighbour delivered a box of tissues to his door.

“A lady just knocked on my door and said ‘here’s a box of tissues.

“Her son had cystic Fibrosis so she understood.”