Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Remedies have up to 5% adjustment in the Amazon since the beginning of the year

- Since the beginning of the year, drug dealers and began to readjust the prices of medicines. According to the Union of Retail Drug Amazonas (Sindidrogas), the increase varies between 3.4% and 5%. But consumers should be aware of promotions and search for prices to avoid paying more. Currently, there are some 700 drugstores in the Amazon, of which 400 only in Manaus.

Of these, 150 are associated with Sindidrogas. Visiting some drugstores from Manaus, the report found that the same drug can be found with the value up to three times more expensive, as is the case of cephalexin, an antibiotic for a sore head, in a drug cost $ 9.90 and another R $ 31.90.


The President of Sindidrogas, Armando Reis said that the drugs only pass through once a year adjustment and it is important that the customer pay attention to credit facilities. He also said that each establishment is required to have, over the counter, a list of drug prices so that consumers can check if it is being charged.

"If the clerk or pharmacist to speak a higher price to the list, the consumer must demand that the value of the list is obeyed. If not, he must report to Procon. Reis said also that the most popular medicines in pharmacies are antibiotics and anti-inflammatory drugs. "Now may be sold only on prescription." The collector Marinês Sources, 38, said he is attentive to the promotion and do not stop doing research in price, even so, spending on doctors have to commit 80% of her salary.

"In one month since I got to spend only $ 900 with remedy, either buy or die. It's complicated, because it's something we need. My mother is hypertensive and also spends every month from $ 250 to $ 300 with only remedy. It is a high cost. "

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