From pharmacies disappeared aspirin and paracetamol

Hot commodity "blocked" because of bureaucratic delays

Prices of medicines included in the list of vital, regulated by the state .  The manufacturer shall be registered in the Health Ministry of the marginal price of its drug .  Added to it wholesale and retail markups, which are responsible for compliance with pharmacy owners have .  Such a pricing system was introduced with the April 1, 2010 .  But every year the list of ZHNVSLP prices for medicines out of it shall be approved again .  Moreover, the process of negotiation can take up to 35 days from the date of filing .  Therefore, some products whose manufacturers have not had time to prepare documents, "locked" is now in pharmacies .  These included aspirin, paracetamol, anti-viral medications, certain antibiotics, ascorbic acid - all that is necessary in acute viral and respiratory infections .  Employees pharmacies out of the situation by offering customers analogues, similar in composition to "lock" the drug .  However, this makes little .  For example, for the elderly important psychological factor: they are accustomed to a particular drug, and do not trust the drug in a different package .  Moreover, often it is more expensive .

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