The Tainan Pharmacists Association has produced a date sheet for the early receipt of continuous prescriptions for chronic diseases during the Spring Festival holiday this year for public reference.

(Provided by Nanshi Pharmacists Association)

[Reporter Wang Junzhong/Tainan Report] People who have continuous prescriptions for chronic diseases should pay attention!

If you have finished your chronic medicines or need to return to the clinic, it happens to be during the Spring Festival from January 20th to January 29th this year.

The Tainan Pharmacist Association reminds patients that they can receive their medicines in advance from January 10th to January 19th. People can first take continuous prescriptions for chronic diseases to the community health insurance pharmacy for pharmacists to order and prepare medicines first, so as to ensure that they can get their medicines before the Chinese New Year. Receive the medicines in advance smoothly and celebrate the New Year with peace of mind.

Chen Huangyu, spokesperson of the Nanshi Pharmacists Association, said that because of the 10-day holiday of the Lunar New Year this year, the government wants to let the people feel at ease during the Spring Festival. People who hold continuous prescriptions for chronic diseases can only use the medicines in the slow prescriptions. The last day just falls during the Chinese New Year holiday, so people can get their medicines earlier, so that people don’t have to rush to the hospital or pharmacy to get their medicines during the Chinese New Year.

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Chen Huangyu said that due to the impact of the Ukrainian-Russian war and the international epidemic this year, the supply of many medicines is not very stable. On the medicine supply information platform of the Food and Drug Administration of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, there are temporary shortages of many medicines, such as the stool softener Mgo (magnesium oxide) , Strocain (good news for pain relief) for stomach pain; in addition, some medicines are temporarily out of stock on the website information of some drug supply channel dealers. The continuous prescriptions are taken to the pharmacist in the community pharmacy to order and prepare the medicine.

When traveling during the Spring Festival holiday, use the medicine box to store the medicines for chronic diseases that need to be taken. It is easy to carry and you will not forget to take medicine.

(Provided by Nanshi Pharmacists Association)

Wu Zhenming, chairman of the Nanshi Pharmacist Association, also said that on the eve of the Spring Festival, the volume of goods received by major logistics companies will increase significantly, which will also affect the speed of delivery. It's after the new year.

Therefore, in case people find that they have run out of their chronic disease medicines during the Chinese New Year and are in a hurry to get them, and the brands of medicines used in the continuous prescriptions issued by various hospitals may be different, the pharmacy may not have just the right medicines. For that item, at this time, it will be more difficult to get the medicine of the same brand. Therefore, it is better to take the slow note to the pharmacist of the community pharmacy to prepare in advance, so as to avoid no medicine to take at that time. affect health.

Wu Zhenming also said that during the long-term annual leave, people may travel far and sometimes forget to take their medicines. At this time, they can also go to the community pharmacy to buy medicine distribution boxes, and put the medicines to be taken at different times of the day into the medicine boxes. Take it with you when you go out, so that you will not forget to bring and take your medicine. The medicine distribution boxes sold in pharmacies are available in 1-day, 3-day, 7-day and other types, which are convenient for the public to buy.

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