Experts have told how the pharmacy “cheating” Ukrainians

The Ukrainians warned that pharmacists intentionally persuade them to buy unnecessary medicines at a high price.

Ukrainian pharmacists and pharmacy built on the diseases of profitable business, persuading patients to pay more often for “extra” and completely ineffective for medications. The experts decided to tell you about the above, which are used by pharmacists.

So, a few years ago, all manufacturers are actively targeted physicians, urging them to assign patients their medications. In addition to gifts doctors stimulated and money by paying “premiums” on the results of assignments.

Now working with medical staff more difficult due to the fact that the tightened legislation.

But of retail drug stores such restrictions do not apply to, and what are the suppliers. These data are confirmed by the head of public organization “Farmed” Elena Prudnikova. According to her, pharmacists now receive clear instructions as to impose patients more expensive drugs instead of cheap ones. A kind of “hints” embedded in computer programs used by the sellers of, say, a drug that should be offered in the first place, is highlighted in green (typically it is the most expensive), have a lower priority than yellow, etc.

An employee of one of pharmacies, who asked not to be named, said that they have a ban on “low checks.” For example, if you change too many checks below 50-100 UAH. you can be fined or deprived of the award.

Earlier it was reported that in mid-November, the Antimonopoly Committee has fined a major importer of “Sanofi – Aventis Ukraine” and distributors “BaDM” and “Option farm Ltd” a total of nearly 140 million. an attempt to “replace” the affordable medicines more expensive.

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