Hubei: Sales of special management drugs, 100% inspection coverage of pharmacies

A province issued a document that the annual inspection coverage rate of pharmacies selling special management drugs should reach 100%
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Sales of special management drugs, 100% coverage of pharmacies and inspections Recently, the Hubei Food and Drug Administration issued the "14th Five-Year Plan for Drug Safety and Promoting the High-quality Development of the Pharmaceutical Industry in Hubei Province" (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan") to ensure the safety of medicines for the masses
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It is worth noting that the "Plan" clearly requires that the inspection coverage rate of special management drug business enterprises should reach 100% every year
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According to the New Drug Administration Law, drugs under special management include narcotic drugs, psychotropic drugs, toxic drugs for medical use, and radioactive drugs
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In addition, drugs such as tramadol, eszopiclone and diazepam sold in retail pharmacies belong to the second category of psychotropic drugs
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The "Plan" also stated that it is necessary to strengthen the supervision of drug quality in retail pharmacies and user units, and give play to the guiding role of pharmaceutical technicians
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At the same time, through smart supervision, remote monitoring of drug sales in retail pharmacies is realized
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Pharmacies take "shortcuts" and illegally sell psychotropic drugs One thing to pay attention to is that the psychotropic drugs (specially managed drugs) mentioned above have many connections with pharmacies
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The carding found that the media recently exposed many cases of "illegal sales of psychotropic drugs in pharmacies", and most of them were related to "tramadol"
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Recently, the Public Security Bureau of Wangqing County, Jilin Province cracked a case of illegal sale and abuse of tramadol, involving two pharmacies
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It was learned through the case that from 2020, the staff of a pharmacy in Yanji City sold more than 200 boxes of paracetamol and tramadol tablets and capsules (psychotropic drugs) through face-to-face sales, express delivery, etc.
; More than 2,400 boxes of paracetamol and tramadol tablets were sold to the same person between 2019 and September 2021
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In November 2020, the police in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu raided a pharmacy in the city, seized more than 3,000 tramadol tablets, and arrested the pharmacy owner and pharmacist
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By digging for clues, the police found that two pharmacies in the city were also illegally selling tramadol
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It is not difficult to see that in order to rectify the disorder of illegal sales of psychotropic drugs, it is necessary to carry out 100% coverage inspection of relevant pharmacies
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Why do cases of "illegal sale of psychotropic drugs in pharmacies" occur frequently? In fact, this has a lot to do with the "addiction" of the drug
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Tramadol, mainly used for cancer, fractures, and postoperative pain, is known as a "soft drug" because of its strong "addiction".
Psychotropic drugs are administered
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In April 2021, the state also revised the drug instructions for tramadol suppositories and compound reagents, and added a warning: patients who use tramadol may be at risk of addiction, abuse and misuse, and severe cases may lead to drug use.
overdose and death
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A pharmacy person told Cyberblue, a pharmacy manager, that psychotropic drugs such as tramadol have “addictive” hazards, but on the other hand, they have brought a good repurchase rate.
The demand for such drugs is very strong, and some pharmacies are swept away by the profits and secretly sell such drugs
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The person further mentioned that many pharmacies illegally sell psychotropic drugs, mainly to save trouble and take the "shortcut" of sales, because many stores are afraid of missing customers' business.
Only after that, let the licensed pharmacist supplement the relevant information
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Smart supervision can cure the chaos of "illegal sales of psychotropic drugs" It is worth noting that, in order to effectively rectify the chaos of "illegal sales of psychotropic drugs in pharmacies", the smart supervision mentioned in the "Planning" can be said to be a good medicine
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If the pharmacy sales system is connected to the supervision platform, municipal or provincial departments can remotely learn about the purchase and sale of "psychotropic drugs" in each pharmacy, which makes up for the lack of offline supervision and greatly reduces the possibility of pharmacies secretly "cheating".
In this way, on the one hand, the supervision efficiency is improved, and on the other hand, it effectively urges pharmacies to legally operate psychotropic drugs
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With the gradual liberalization of "online sales of prescription drugs", many pharmacies have now launched online consultation services, which greatly facilitates the purchase of prescription drugs by patients, and pharmacies can directly connect with the supervision platform after completing the prescription filing online
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However, it should be noted that some places prohibit online consultation services for psychotropic drugs
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For example, Hubei, Shanxi, Chongqing and other provinces and cities have issued documents that the scope of electronic prescriptions does not include special management drugs such as narcotic drugs, toxic drugs and psychotropic drugs
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