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Will home remedies be enough? The Pharmacy Owners Association notes that there are already deficits. However, so far the state has not identified any problems. The pharmacy network reflects what has been happening in recent weeks. The more recently infected with COVID-19, the emptier pharmacists’ drawers become.
“Unfortunately, some deficiencies have already started to appear and are directly related to the COVID-19 disease. There are 3 groups of drugs that are more or less deficient. First are the antithrombotic drugs, which are actively used both in a hospital setting and for home treatment. For example, Fraxiparin, for example Clexan, “explained the president of the Association of Pharmacy Owners Nikolay Kostov.
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By damaging blood vessels, the virus increases the risk of blood thrombosis. Therefore, to prevent possible complications in more serious cases, antiplatelet drugs are prescribed.
“The other group that is also used for this disease are corticosteroids. Their international name is, for example, dexamethasone. They are used very actively. They also form a deficiency, which I hope is temporary,” Kostov added.
Corticosteroids are prescribed when the immune system is depleted and reacts inappropriately. They prevent an overactive immune response, say pulmonologists. They advise GPs not to prescribe them too early, because in people with mild illnesses they can do more harm than good. If they are not timely, increasing immunity will keep the virus in the body for longer.
“Corticosteroids are very serious drugs and people cannot buy them the way they want them. The third group of drugs, which I think is smaller because they are very interchangeable, there are many synonyms, are antibiotics. Antibiotics are currently lacking. “Three main antibiotics are missing, but they are replaceable, so the problem is not big there,” Kostov said.
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The reason we are facing a shortage of these drugs is not overstock, says Kostov. “They are prescribed only by prescription and their rapid depletion is simply due to the rapid increase in the number of infected people receiving treatment at home. Hospitals are well supplied with these drugs,” said Nikolay Kostov, president of the Association of Pharmacy Owners. . The problem specifically affects home treatment.
“The drugs used, depending on the severity and symptoms of the patients, are different. We give him stimulants of the immune system, vitamins, antiplatelet agents. In some cases antibiotics are prescribed, sometimes corticosteroids are used. However, it depends on the disease. to the heaviest artillery, depending on the severity of the disease ”, explained the general practitioner Dr. Gergana Nikolova.
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