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Consumers can complain, pharmacy, reactions to medications

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There are more than three thousand pharmacies in Brazil with a seal of the National Surveillance of notifying pharmacies.
 
Have you ever used a drug and had an adverse reaction?

"I already had. Passing a drug in the skin, for some reason gave me an allergic reaction," says the receptionist Rosangela Silva.

"I do not know who seek to complain if it had an adverse reaction. I have no idea, "admits the engineer Moacir Dacorrregio.

Few Brazilians even know where to turn. But now there are more than three thousand pharmacies in Brazil with a seal of the National Health Surveillance: is notifying pharmacies. There, pharmacists and Sergio César da Silva were trained to meet the consumer and report cases in which the drugs cause some kind of reaction. The notification is made online, the Internet, directly to Anvisa.

"We have informed the age, if a man, if a woman, you're a kid who took medication, which caused the reaction. This helps Anvisa to solve problems," says Sergio.

Cases of misuse of drugs with quality, such as cards that are missing pills, or with changes in appearance, can also be informed by the pharmacies notifying consumers.

"This program aims to expand the information base for public health authorities about the drugs that are circulating in the market," says the director of health surveillance (SC) Marize Lippel.

According to experts, no drug is 100% secure. The explanation: the tests are done on a small number of people. The drugs can not, for example, be tested in pregnant women, elderly and children. The real safety of a drug is only really tested when it arrives on the shelves of pharmacies and becomes consumed by a large number of people. Therefore, the account of the consumer is essential to ensure the quality and safety of medicines.

"If necessary, change the text of the leaflet to a health alert to health professionals and to take your medicine without quality of our market," said the president of the Regional Pharmacy Council (SC) Hortência Tierling.




Source: Bom Dia Brazil

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