A pharmacy took the wrong prescription without verifying the prescription, and the pharmacy paid more than 90,000 yuan to mediate with the patient's family. Under the requirements of the new version of the Drug Administration Law, prescription drugs may usher in stricter supervision.
Pharmacies pay more than ninety thousand for mediation
According to Sichuan Radio and Television Station, He Mou, 58 years old in Yibin, Sichuan, needed to take warfarin sodium tablets for a long time due to chronic diseases such as cerebral infarction. One day, the pharmacy clerk sold the drug to him without verifying the prescription, He mou appeared unwell after taking it for a week, and when he sought medical treatment, he found that because the clerk took the wrong medicine, He took the digoxin tablets as warfarin sodium tablets for a week.
The two drugs have similarities in packaging, size, and color, but the indications are completely different.
The drug instructions show that warfarin sodium tablets are anticoagulants, suitable for patients who need long-term sustained anticoagulation, can prevent the formation and development of thrombosis, and are also auxiliary drugs for myocardial infarction; while digoxin tablets are cardiotonic stimulants, patients with myocardial infarction need to be used with caution, and obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is contraindicated.
The clerk involved admitted that because He was in a hurry when buying the drug, both sides did not look closely, and the appearance of the two drugs was relatively similar, which took the wrong medicine.
Eventually, He died of a large-scale cerebral infarction. The two sides reached an agreement under the mediation of the local court, the pharmacy paid 91,800 yuan to he's family, and He's family waived their rights to litigation.
You can buy prescription medicines without a prescription
In the above case, whether it is warfarin sodium tablets or digoxin tablets are prescription drugs, but the clerk said that neither side looked closely, which makes people wonder why patients can buy prescription drugs without a prescription? If the parties had been scrutinized and scrutinized, would there have been no tragedies?
The person in charge of the pharmacy involved told the local media that He was an old customer of the store and often came to buy drugs, so he was not asked to re-present the prescription on the same day.
Is it a case or a common phenomenon to be able to buy prescription drugs without showing a prescription?
Previously, some family members had purchased a product called "brain protein hydrolysate tablets". The patient's family said that although the drug is a prescription drug, neither online pharmacies nor physical pharmacies do need to issue a prescription when purchasing.
Unlike the ideal situation of "having to show a prescription to buy prescription drugs", most pharmacies will not require customers to show a prescription except for antibiotic drugs, especially for regular customers with chronic diseases.
The information revealed by Tang Hao, a pharmacist in a large chain of pharmacies, also confirms this. Tang Hao said that his store does not require customers to show prescriptions, and that except for some customers who come to the hospital for the first time, other customers with chronic diseases "almost no prescriptions."
The new Administrative Measures are stricter and pharmacies are prepared in advance
Don't regulators investigate the sale of prescription drugs without a prescription? Tang Hao said that the regulatory authorities in his area used to be mostly "meaning it".
In the past, it was possible to cope with it "meaning", but as the drug management method becomes more and more stringent, pharmacies may need to prepare in advance.
In November last year, the State Food and Drug Administration released the new Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Drug Business and Use Quality (Draft for Solicitation of Comments) (hereinafter referred to as the "Draft Opinion"), which will impose stricter penalties for illegal sales of prescription drugs.
Different from the previous fines of "1,000 yuan to 3,000 yuan", the "Opinion Draft" increased the fine to "10,000 yuan to 30,000 yuan or less", which is 10 times the original.
The day before yesterday (January 5), the "Announcement of Administrative Penalty Cases for Drugs and Medical Devices" released by the datong district government of Shanxi Province also confirmed this trend.
The announcement included a total of 65 typical cases related to pharmacies, of which 63 cases were "selling prescription drugs without a doctor's prescription", and a number of pharmacies were twice found by law enforcement officers to sell prescription drugs in violation of the law, and the pharmacies involved were fined accordingly.
From the information revealed in the Draft Opinion, it can be seen that the inspection of prescription drugs sold by pharmacies will become stricter in the future.
Instead of being "caught off guard" when the measures are officially implemented, pharmacists should take the initiative to prepare - popularize policy requirements to customers in a timely manner, remind customers to bring prescriptions, help customers prescribe through the Internet doctor, and so on.
Source: Sichuan Radio and Television Station, pharmacy managers, pharmacy headlines
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