Toluca /
To continue the accelerated growth of positive cases up to covid-19 there may be a delay in the distribution of medicines for your treatment, because despite the fact that the laboratories responsible for its production continue to operate, demand has grown exponentially since the end of November.
The President of the National Union of Pharmacy Entrepreneurs (Unefarm), Juvenal Becerra, reported that since late November, small pharmacies in various parts of the entity and Mexico City have recorded an upsurge in their sales, mainly in covid-19 care drugs.
“At the moment there is a correct supply, we had more periodic shortages in April, May and JuneNowadays the laboratories are better prepared; let’s hope that the recovery from the infections will slow as there is also a limit for laboratories in terms of production ”.
If the accelerated rises continue, both in the number of positive cases and in the hospital, he added: there is a risk that there will be mid-January, again, intermittent thinning, especially in those drugs with the highest consumption during this pandemic.
- He indicated that among the products with the highest demand, the oseltamivir, azithromycin, acetaminophen, ceftriaxone, vitamins C and D, enoxaparin, in addition to other drugs that have been used in various treatments to attack covid-19, those they are added to products such as antibacterial gel, face masks, liquid hand soap and other personal hygiene products.
He pointed out that, given the emergence of the pandemic, representatives of this association weekly meetings with the various laboratories, distributors and pharmacistsso that the drugs, especially those aimed at covid-19 care, are not deficient.
In the case of the State of Mexico, he indicated: municipalities that have registered a significant recovery when selling these drugs are: Los Reyes La Paz, Chalco, Nezahualcóyotl, Ecatepec and the Toluca Valley.
“The work in the pharmacy has increased enormously, from November to now, as a result of this strong resurgence in covid, we are continuing with all protective measures, with the staff at the counter, with a resurgence in drug sales.”
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