When it comes to reading drug instructions, many people have the impression that the font is small and dense, and many elderly people look inconvenient. In order to solve this problem, the State Food and Drug Administration has accelerated the pilot reform of drug instructions for the elderly and barrier-free, and some drugs with simplified instructions have recently been put on the market.
This Chinese patent medicine tablet is produced by a pharmaceutical company in Xiangtan, Hunan. The reporter found that on its latest simplified version of the manual, the number of words has been reduced by nearly 50%, and the font has changed from small number 5 to small number 3, retaining important information such as ingredients, traits, and functional indications.
Li Jiujiu, the person in charge of the pharmaceutical company: Now we have about 8 provinces such as Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan and Jiangxi, all of which have a new version of the products with suitable instructions for aging.
Many elderly customers have also clearly felt the changes. Chen Lihui, 77 years old this year, used to go to the pharmacy to buy medicine, and he had to use a magnifying glass or listen to the clerk's introduction to understand the content of the instructions.
Pharmacy customer Chen Lihui: After this font has been changed, we can clearly understand all the information about this drug and its dosage, which reduces the risks in the use of medicine.
Yang Qing, a first-level researcher of the Drug Registration Management and Science and Technology Department of the Hunan Provincial Drug Administration: Next, we need to strengthen the services of clinical drug use guidance and retail pharmacies.
At the end of last year, in order to meet the needs of the elderly and the disabled, and solve the problems of "unclear" drug instructions, the State Food and Drug Administration announced the first batch of drug instructions for the elderly and barrier-free reform pilot list, up to now 270 kinds of drugs have been recorded, and it is expected that the first batch of pilot drugs will be gradually put on the market before the end of June this year.
Source: CCTV News