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Access to medicines for asthma grows 94% in the country that provides free

08/13/2012

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Rio de Janeiro - Since the addition of three new drugs for asthma in the list of free popular pharmacies, just over two months, access to these antiasthmatic grew 89% in Rio de Janeiro. Across the country, 141,000 people gained access to drugs, an increase of 94% compared to the same period, before the initiative.

Before free distribution, the drugs (ipratropium bromide, beclomethasone dipropionate and salbutamol sulphate) were sold at discounts of up to 90%, but still had patients who could not afford the drugs, as it turns out now. In 60 days the number of beneficiaries who received these antiasthmatic River in pharmacies increased from 3500 to 6700.

Free distribution began on 4 June. The government announced stock on July 17 stating that the demand for drugs against asthma had risen 60% in the first month in which the drug was included in the list of free distribution of the Ministry of Health

The People's Pharmacy Program Coordinator, Marco Aurelio Pereira explained that the Ministry of Health decided to include anti-asthmatics Health Program Priceless - which provides free medicine to the population - due to high demand for these drugs at pharmacies in the government and by the fact Asthma is a chronic non-communicable diseases that most affect children.

"The president Dilma has now launched in June Program Brazil Affectionate, focusing on children [0-6 years] and how asthma is a disease that affects the very age and generates high rates of hospitalization, the antiasthmatic joined the list of free "he said.

In 2011, the total of 177,800 hospitalizations for asthma in the Unified Health System (SUS), 77 100 were children in that age group. Also according to the Ministry of Health, about 2500 people die every year due to this disease.

The coordinator explained that after the drugs for hypertension and diabetes began to be offered for free, since June of last year, sales of anti-asthmatics had 322% increase in one year. Across the country, more than 20,000 pharmacies, including public and private, who distribute the drugs.

But 10 million Brazilians have already benefited from the 14 drugs that are part of the Health Priceless, three for 11 for asthma and hypertension and diabetes.
To take medicine, you must present photo ID, Social Security and prescription drugs within its validity.



Source: The Day Online

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