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04/08/2013
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Monica always wears glasses Photo: Luisa Lucciola
The sale of reading glasses in pharmacies are increasingly common, but the consumer must open your eyes, before acquiring the product in drugstores.
In ten establishments visited by EXTRA, three offered accessory: Venancio Drugstore, Drugstores and drugstore Sao Paulo Pacheco. Prices between R $ 24.90 and R $ 49.90, may be attractive, but the service concerned. Pharmacists did not know how to find the point of ideal grade lenses nor glasses could also be used to see from afar.
The "magnifying glass" sold in pharmacies are indicated only in cases of presbyopia, most famously as "eyestrain." But ophthalmologists recommend its use only in emergencies.
Glasses can leave the uncomfortable sight
The sale of glasses in pharmacies is surrounded by controversy. The National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) does not authorize the marketing of "magnifying glass" in drugstores, also condemned by experts. According to the president of the Brazilian Council of Ophthalmology, Mark Rey, the use of contact lenses can cause discomfort.
- Besides being the common patient has different degrees in both eyes, the ophthalmologist who will not stop doing tests that help diagnose diabetes and glaucoma, for example.
Pensioner Monica da Silva, 52, did not give up the convenience of your glasses pharmacy.
- I take them with me, to help me read the account or signing any document in the street. But take care to avoid long readings, because I know it hurts.
Abrafarma defends authorization
The president of the Brazilian Network of Pharmacies and Drugstores (Abrafarma), Sergio Mena Barreto, defends the sale of reading glasses at the drugstore. According to him, the consumer gets the accessory on your own:
- It is more a stopgap. The pharmacist has no duty to disclose all its aspects, as there has to teach using a hair dye.
In 2009, the National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) banned the sale of food and convenience products in drugstores. The following year, the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) suspended the injunction and, since then, pharmacies have been guided by state laws, which authorize the practice.
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