Disclosure of the proposal to authorize the sale of medicines prescription-free products (MIPs) in supermarkets, divides opinions. During a public hearing that took place on June 28, at the Social Security and Family Commission of the Chamber of Deputies, several parliamentarians and pharmaceutical representatives expressed their opinions on the matter.
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Provided for in Bill 1774/19, by the rapporteur Adriana Ventura, deputy of the state of São Paulo, for the New Party, the bill proposes to authorize supermarkets and similar establishments to sell prescription drugs doctor. The objective is to facilitate the population's access to MIPs.
As these are medicines normally intended to treat conditions such as headaches (headaches), stomach acidity, fever, cough, sore throat, among other ailments, this type of product dispenses prescription. That way, storing it in a generally accessible location would simplify consumers' lives.
Moreover, in addition to generating greater accessibility to medicines, it would also contribute to reducing prices. This would break the monopoly of pharmacies and drugstores over medicines, bringing about greater price competition.
Brazil is the country of self-medication and proposing measures that influence this behavior can be very dangerous. Because of this, parliamentarians, pharmacists and representatives of pharmacies were against the measure.
Pharmacists, in drugstores, have the task of guiding those looking for medication, seeking to avoid damage caused by the misuse of these products.
Even if, in the pharmacy itself, the MIPs are allocated off the counter, without the technical responsibility of the pharmacist, you remove from the patient the possibility of checking the medicine. Even if this is just a guideline on how to ingest correctly.