From the beginning of November, the prescription of antibiotics will be done only with an electronic prescription.

Antibiotic use was ramped up during the pandemic, and medical professionals predicted that this could lead to bacterial pandemics. 

"To me, it is imperative that all drugs be e-prescribed, especially those prescribed by a doctor. Antibiotics are an important group and the accumulation of information about the healing process is important for the proper management of these processes. All this will benefit patients and doctors." , comments the chairman of the Association of Pharmacy Owners in Bulgaria Nikolay Kostov in "Bulgaria morning".

He pointed out that the electronic prescription for antibiotics implies making better decisions, and the entire treatment process will be optimized.

The guest pointed out that there are other important groups of drugs besides antibiotics for which an electronic prescription should also be introduced. 

"Ten types of drugs are missing from the market. These are mostly original drugs of the manufacturing companies. There are many drugs missing for the treatment of diabetes," Kostov told Bulgaria ON AIR. 

"The process of increasing drug prices continues. Most often, it is about non-prescription drugs and dietary supplements. This process will continue until the end of the year and beyond. The increase will become double-digit. Prescription drugs are highly protected. The prices of individual products have been increased with them. Everything that a pharmacy sells has not been spared by this increase," said the chairman of the Association of Pharmacy Owners.

According to him, in recent years there has been an increase in the demand for the number of packages, but this year there is no such increase, which is an indication that consumers cannot afford medicines.

He expects the increase in the prices of medicinal products to be more than 10% and reach 12-13%.

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