2023-06-16 18:26:07
The President of the National Council of Pharmacists reveals: It is distributed through a parallel route for distributing medicines
Pharmacists call on the authorities to intervene immediately to put an end to those selling medicines that do not conform to health standards. The phenomenon of selling unlicensed medicines is getting out of control in Tunisia.
In clear violation of Tunisian law, medicines of unknown origin invaded Tunisian markets Citizens have become very accepting of it.
In this context, “Akhbar Al Aan” contacted the head of the National Council of Pharmacists, Ali Basila, who confirmed that these medicines, which invaded the Tunisian market, no one knows their source, and in most cases they are smuggled.
He also confirmed that those in charge of distributing it do not have any medical or pharmaceutical training.
The head of the National Council of the Pharmacists Authority indicated that medicines are distributed through a route parallel to the distribution of medicines. He stressed that it “represents a great and direct danger to the health of citizens, because the medicines may be either counterfeit, spoiled, carcinogenic, or stored in inappropriate conditions.”
He explained in his interview with “Akhbar Al-Aan” that there are two types of drugs of unknown origin, the first type is the one that is sold on social media pages that promote drugs that do not obtain a license and most of them are counterfeit.
He added, “The second type is represented by people who collect medicines in order to donate them, and although the intention is often good, the method is dangerous because obtaining a large amount of pharmaceutical Imported from outside Tunisia and by third parties raises the possibility that these medicines are stored in a bad way.
Basila indicated that they are calling on the authorities to intervene immediately to put an end to those selling medicines that do not conform to health standards and trading in the health of the citizen.
Nabila Sahel, a Tunisian citizen, stated in her interview with “Akhbar Al-Aan” that she used medicine to treat anemia through a page that sells medicines on Facebook, but that this medicine caused her serious complications that made her bedridden in the hospital for days.
And she confirmed that following her health crisis, she made a promise to herself not to believe once more the advertisements for medicines that are sold on social networking sites.
When asked regarding whether she had filed a complaint, she confirmed that she did not communicate with people, but rather with a virtual page, and when she contacted them once more to inform them of the health complications caused by their product, they blocked her number and account until they cut off all means of communication with her.
And Nabila is not the only one affected by these drugs of unknown origin. Asmaa (a pseudonym) stated that she had bought a medicine to whiten some areas of her body through a Facebook page, but what frightened her was that her skin turned darker, in addition to swelling of her skin for many days.
The common point between her and Nabila is that the page cut off all means of communication with her when she complained regarding the complications of the ointment she bought from them.
The head of the National Syndicate of Private Pharmacies, Naoufel Amira, warned earlier of the growing phenomenon of selling medicines through illegal channels and on social media pages, and of its effects on the public health of Tunisians, especially since these medicines are of unknown origin and come through smuggling routes.
He also warned once morest the use of semi-medical materials that are sold through parallel and unlicensed distribution networks, such as anti-sun ointments and others.
He said that trade in medicines in parallel markets has flourished, taking advantage of the large shortage of medicines in the Tunisian market, stressing the need for the concerned departments to intervene to put an end to this trade. The Syndicate of Private Pharmacies has filed a legal case once morest online platforms that promote fake medicines from India and Bangladesh.
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