This was published in the Official Gazette this Monday, which also includes other modifications, such as the free sale of painkillers and antacids in businesses that are not specifically pharmacies.
After criticism from the medicine business chambers and medical associations, the Government decided to reverse the DNU article that prohibited doctors from suggesting commercial brands in prescriptions for remedies.
This was published in the Official Gazette this Monday through the Decree 64/2024which also includes other modifications, such as the free sale of painkillers and antacids in businesses that are not specifically pharmacies.
One by one: what are the changes in the sale of medicines
Although health professionals will continue to be obliged to tell their patients the name of the generic drug to be administered, They may suggest that it is from a particular laboratory.
It also states that, beyond the suggestion of the professional who prescribed the drug, the consumer has the right to “replace it with a medicinal specialty of a lower price that contains the same active ingredients, concentration, pharmaceutical form and similar number of units as that prescribed”.
According to the text, the medicines over-the-counter products in non-pharmaceutical premises must be arranged in such a way that direct access by people to the medicinal specialties is not possible and that they are out of the reach of children.
In this sense, it is established that “drugstores may only dispense to the public prescriptions in which prescriptions are prescribed. oncology medications or special treatments that are listed by the application authority”.
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Medications: what are the changes in digital prescriptions
Another peculiarity that this regulation will bring is that the recipes must be available exclusively digitally from July 1, 2024. This, they indicate, is to facilitate the traceability of these procedures.
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According to the detailed information, any pharmacy, pharmacy services of health establishments, and health establishments must supply prescribed medications in any format of current prescription, whether on paper or digital and/or electronic.
Source: Ambito
