I saw a recent Oped about Modi gov idea to force doctors to write generic medications.
the problem can be simply solved like it is done USA.
unless the doctor write dispense as written /Brand name only the chemist will automatically give generic medication.
because most medication is paid by the health insurance .
but in India one can get many restricted medications from pharmacies without a prescription.
they also know which are genuine medications and which are just chalk powder and other adulterated and mislabeled medications.( I had a friend whose family owned a drug store and he showed me identical looking medication one is genuine the other counterfeit.and his parents who ran the shop fully knew which one is which and sold it without any Qualms.
"Many health experts fear that the move could end up empowering the chemist rather than the patient. The chemist typically sells the medicine which gives him the maximum profit. What incentive is there for him to sell low-cost medicines? Even if a doctor writes a generic name of a drug on the prescription, how does one ensure that India’s 800,000-odd chemists do not sell the medicines which are most profitable to them? We don’t know what the government proposes to do to tackle this problem."
the problem can be simply solved like it is done USA.
unless the doctor write dispense as written /Brand name only the chemist will automatically give generic medication.
because most medication is paid by the health insurance .
but in India one can get many restricted medications from pharmacies without a prescription.
they also know which are genuine medications and which are just chalk powder and other adulterated and mislabeled medications.( I had a friend whose family owned a drug store and he showed me identical looking medication one is genuine the other counterfeit.and his parents who ran the shop fully knew which one is which and sold it without any Qualms.
"Many health experts fear that the move could end up empowering the chemist rather than the patient. The chemist typically sells the medicine which gives him the maximum profit. What incentive is there for him to sell low-cost medicines? Even if a doctor writes a generic name of a drug on the prescription, how does one ensure that India’s 800,000-odd chemists do not sell the medicines which are most profitable to them? We don’t know what the government proposes to do to tackle this problem."
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