Jamaicans urged to cease buying counterfeit medicine

The Pharmaceutical Society of Jamaica (PSJ), involved on the sale of counterfeit medicine right here, is interesting to Jamaicans to not supply pharmaceuticals from questionable, non-registered sources.

PSJ speedy previous president, Dr. Ernestine Watson, stated the sale of counterfeit medicine is a serious situation in Jamaica which the PSJ takes very critically.

“Because of this it is best to go to a pharmacy to fill your prescription. We need to discourage individuals from getting remedy on the streets, shopping for it from sources that aren’t authorized.

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“We wish individuals to remember that not all medicine are good for you. Once you want your remedy, the Ministry of Well being and Wellness, by means of the Nationwide Well being Fund, offers us reasonably priced medicine, and these can be found by means of registered pharmacies,” Dr. Watson added.

She reiterated that every one locations the place pharmaceuticals are offered have to be registered with the Pharmacy Council of Jamaica noting there’s an ongoing registration course of, and pharmacies and pharmacists should renew their registration yearly.

“Registration runs from April 1 to March 31 the next 12 months. After profitable preliminary registration, that registration must be renewed on an annual foundation,” Dr. Watson stated, including that a spot that’s designated to promote medicine have to be manned by a registered pharmacist whose license must be renewed yearly.

She stated it’s a authorized requirement for the license to be displayed on the place the place prescribed drugs are offered, so if a affected person goes to a pharmacy and the license will not be on show, “it’s your proper and within the curiosity of your well being to ask to see the license of the pharmacy and the pharmacist”.

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