Toluca /
If it continues with the accelerated growth of positive cases to covid-19 there could be a delay in the distribution of drugs for their treatment, Since although the laboratories in charge of its manufacture continue to work, the demand has been growing exponentially, since the end of November.
The president of the National Union of Pharmacy Entrepreneurs (Unefarm), Juvenal Becerra, has reported that since the end of November, small pharmacies located in different parts of the entity and Mexico City have seen a rise in sales, mainly in terms of medicines for the care of covid-19.
“Now there is a right scope, we had more intermittent shortages in what was April, May and June, Today the laboratories are better prepared; we expect the rise in contagion to go down because there is also a limit for laboratories on the subject of production. “
If the accelerated increases continue, both in the number of positive cases and in the number of hospitalized, he added, there is a risk that by mid-January, Again, intermittent weight loss, Mainly in those drugs with higher rates of consumption during this pandemic.
- He indicated that among the products with the highest demand are the oseltamivir, azithromycin, paracetamol, ceftriaxone, vitamins C and D, enoxaparin, Among other drugs that have been used in various treatments to attack covid-19, which they add to products like the antibacterial gel, cubrebocas, liquid soap for hands and other products of personal hygiene.
He pointed out that in the face of the advance of the pandemic, representatives of this association they meet weekly with the different laboratories, distributors and with the pharmacistsSo that medications, especially those focused on covid-19 care do not have to do.
For the case of the State of Mexico, he indicated, the municipalities that have recorded a significant rise in the sale of these drugs are: The Kings La Paz, Chalco, Nezahualcóyotl, Ecatepec and the Toluca Valley.
“There has been a huge increase in work in pharmacies, from November to date, due to this strong rise in covid, we continue with all the protection measures, with the staff at the counter, with a rise in the sale of medicines .
KVS
(…)