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Showing posts with label drugs. Show all posts
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Monday, February 18, 2013

The drugs are increasingly rare in Syria

Damascus (Reuters)-"he saw the recipe from under her glasses, scrunched his forehead and immediately said, ' Sorry we do not have a single one of these drugs '," said Sahar--the mother of two children--in Syria.

Sahar--which described what happened to him when he seeks a remedy for eczema for her 16-year-old in drugstores in the capital of Syria, Damascus--said the woman repeatedly pulled out the same words to at least four people.

"Most drug factory has been closed and many drugs have been missing from the market," said pharmacist to Sahar.

When it was explained to the officer about drug shortages, Sahar, a man entered the Pharmacy and put the recipes on the front desk. The man said, "do you have this medicine? ... I looked it up to some drug store but I can't get it. "

"Unfortunately, no," replied the pharmacist.

Most States lack drug sellers will be even worse due to the presence of a non-quick and decent resolution to restart the drug factory operations, most of which are located in the province of Aleppo, northern Syria, and Rif Damascus.

The head of the pharmacy chain Syria Fares Ash-Sha'ar told local media not long ago the crisis can be solved by raising the price of drugs in order to allow the pharmaceutical companies acquire raw materials.

He said the Government's approval to raise prices until at least 40 percent needs to be done and a step in the right direction but not enough, "therefore could barely cover costs".

Health Minister Saad Nayef Al-Syria reportedly said the economic sanctions imposed on Syria is very detrimental to the country's health sector.

An-Nayef 32 hospitals nationwide reveals is now defunct, and added six pharmaceutical laboratories have been damaged and 68 more total is still operating with a capacity of 50 percent.

But he denied reports about the presence of many drugs are in the local market, and only hinted at the existence of difficulties for carrying drugs.

Some medical sources confirm there is serious study to raise drug prices domestically between 50 and 100 percent.

Economic sanctions against Syria have also strained the economy of the country, and resulted in losses of up to 48.4 billion u.s. dollars as well as make miskin not less than 900,000 more people Syria, said a report not long ago.

According to the report, issued by the "Center for Policy Research in Syria", revealing the people bear the brunt of the heaviest Syria as a result of sanctions against their country's West.

Overall, the crisis resulted in the country's growth in gross domestic product--3.7 percent in 2011 and 18.8 percent in 2012, and then up again so it was 5.6 percent in 2012.
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Owner of daycare Texas have been doped milk Kids' with sleep inducing drugs

Published September 09, 2011| FoxNews.com

Employees involved in a Texas day care centre informed the authorities that the owner was serving milk-doped with sleep-inducing drugs to calm children MyFoxDFW.com has.

Investigators arrived the day care centre Luv and learning in the city of Van Alstyne, just north of Dallas and said they could smell the antihistamines flavoured milk, the station reported.

Kimberly Lane, the owner, was charged with 16 counts of felony for the disappearance of a child. Police said that Lane would have allegedly mixing antihistamines in over-the-counter in a large container of milk just before serving the drinks for dinner, MyFoxDFW.com children reported.

Employees alerted police Tuesday because they say that they were concerned about the children, the station reported.

If convicted, she faces a maximum of two years in prison and a maximum fine of $10,000 for each count.



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