The “safari” of parents especially continues medicineswith the problem now shifting from pain/antipyretic syrups to breathed in and specific antibiotics.

Yesterday, Wednesday, January 11, a circular of the Ministry of Health was published, according to which any medicines in short supply can be dispensed exclusively by electronic prescription, while the EOF has already begun to ban parallel exports. In addition, the organization posted a bulletin boardthrough which citizens can find trademarks of original medicines, as well as universal them.

Some pharmacists believe that these measures came too late. “Until they pay off, precious time has been lost,” emphasizes K, the president of pharmacists in Thessaloniki. Dionysus Eugenides and adds: “pharmacists have been ‘shouting’ for a year about the problematic situation that has arisen with the shortage.”

Mr. Eugenides explains how pandemic contributed gigantism shortcomings. As he explains, “Within two years, viruses and flu were at extremely low levels, and the demand for many drugs was low, so companies stopped their production. To the public, these shortcomings were not noticed, but we have been aware of them for several months.”

OUR Costas Vardiambasis, President of the Pharmaceutical Association of Rethymnon, in turn emphasizes that the problem is chronic and multifactorial. As he says: “One of its main roots is the massive lockouts in the pharmaceutical industry during the crisis years in many European countries, including Greece. As a result, many medicines are now imported from Asian countries. Somehow we have to imagine about IFT collieria, which were once produced by the Greeks. pharmaceutical industry- 20 euros each or anti-tetanus sera 25 euros each. For some drugs EOPYYbears a huge financial burden.

Mr. Vardiambasis emphasizes what is the situation with analgesics/ antipyretic syrups for children became somewhat normal after the opening of pharmacies, many of which were closed for a while Christmas, this is not the case for many other drugs.

As he describes: “For half of the drugs that are in high demand, we find one or two pieces. preparation. And not only they breathed inin which we spend whole days to find a piece, also a lot of antibiotics, eye drops and antihistamine syrups..

Mr. Vardiambasis emphasizes that, unfortunately, in the midst of this difficult and psychotic many caregivers, with sick children, condition, there are parents who try to stockpile drugs without having an immediate need for them.

As he says in “K” o Konstantin Dalukasthe president freelancers Attica pediatricians: “Paediatricians have been seeing cases for some time now where parents, while their children are perfectly healthy, call us to prescribe them… a- availability of two antibiotics in case of need. It’s sad, but unfortunately it happens.”

“Essential medicines that are in high demand have been taken off the shelves and placed in boxes, distributing one to each customer. We are very easy going with this”, speaks of Konstantin Kakonikos, member of the Pharmaceutical Association of Attica.

Mr. Dalukas mentions another important problem that pediatricians face, besides the lack of specific drugs, namely the lack of information when they start prescribing treatment. As he explains: “Some drugs have no analogue. universal. When we start writing we don’t have a list of what is available. As a result, parents come to pharmacies with prescriptions that are not “fake”. And what happens in these cases?

“We talk to pediatricians on the phone and offer alternatives,” says Mr. Kakonikos and continues: “Sometimes they agree, sometimes they don’t. If they get on a new treatment regimen, citizens who do not have intangible recipeand there are a lot of them, they will have to go back to the doctor’s office and then back to us.

Of course, now that some time has passed, most pediatricians have learned about the shortcomings. They know, for example, that Augmentin but also Aerolin they have been gone for a long time, so there is no point in appointing them. Pediatricians are looking for “creative” solutions, and we help them by creating an image for them. available medicines and generics. We have to adapt.”

As to how pediatricians deal with their critical handicaps breathed in – the main drugs in the treatment of bronchitis and other respiratory viruses, which are currently “they jump”Mr. Dalukas notes that one of the options is a recipe breathed in for adults, taking the drug in smaller doses. Other pediatricians prescribe a similar drug in the form of a syrup, a solution, which is preferred if the child is not receiving the substance at all.

Finally, everything those they spoke with “K”, they think that now that people should take generics because he needs them, right now his distrust of them was also manifested. As explained by Mr. Kakonikos: “For many years, most citizens have become accustomed to certain brands of drugs and trust them. generics they get them vs based on citizens looking for more economical solutions. It has been and remains the duty of the state, now that we are in a critical situation, to explain to the world that generics they are safe and work just like the originals.”