Since August 7 change the requirements for turnover of some potent substances. The relevant government resolution was adopted six months (180 days) ago and now takes effect. These preparations included in Schedule III of the list of drugs and psychotropic subject to special control. This means that pharmacies must ensure that they are stored in a separate fortified room.
With a metal door and bars on the windows, with alarm, and pharmacy personnel necessary to issue clearance to work with such drugs — do not have a criminal record and obtain certificates of substance abuse and mental hospital. In the Ministry of Health explains that the list of drugs «strict accountability and control» has been expanded because it is required by international standards. In Europe, all of these substances have long been under special control. But all of these patients do not relate to severity.
In turn, Elena Nevolina of the Pharmacy Guild also agrees that patients additional «nuisance» does not feel. «The number of pharmacies that sell these drugs is reduced, — the Nevolina. — Yes, managers have to posuetitsya, tinker with registration papers, to the satisfaction of the employees. But additional costs will be. Listed drugs now being sold strictly on prescription and be accounted for. Therefore, they were engaged in the sale of the pharmacy with a specific license. That is, in such pharmacies already have and special facilities for storage, and trained personnel. Besides, such pharmacies tend to work in close conjunction with medical institutions, the same neuropsychiatric dispensaries, for example. They just do not want to lose its market segment. patients on repeat, do not negatively affect innovation. »
In respect of some combination of drugs with low content of psychoactive components of strict control measures will not be driven. This is provided for by order of Ministry of Health, which comes into force on August 8. «The requirements for the storage and sale of products containing phenobarbital (corvalol, valokordin, andipal) and chlordiazepoxide, harden not — reported» WP «in the ministry. — As before, these medications can be bought over the counter freely without a prescription . »
List III:
In Schedule III narcotic, psychotropic substances and their precursors in August included: apprazolam, barbital, bromazepam, brotizolam, diazepam, zolpidem, clonazepam, lorazepam, medazepam, mesocarb, meprobamate, midazolam, nitrazepam, oxazepam, temazepam, tetrazepam, phenobarbital, flunitrazepam flurazepam, chlordiazepoxide, estazolam.
«Rossiyskaya Gazeta»