Mexico 1 of the 6 countries with the most adulterated drugs

• April 24, 2024

The high costs of medicines and the fact that in Mexico there is still a lot of self-medication , has caused the sale of clandestine drugs to rise. Access to these products is mainly found in markets and some internet sites.

In an interview for GetQoralHealth , the doctor Asbun Bojalil , spokesperson for the Mexican Academy of First Contact Medicine (AMMPC), he said.

"The World Health Organization (WHO) has detected that Mexico is one of the six countries with the most adulterated drugs, pirates, etc. In Mexico it has occurred because we do not have the culture to destroy or donate our drugs. In addition, the doses are sold by boxes; they are not unitary products. "

According to Bojalil, the consumption of these drugs is worrisome not only because they lose properties, but because most of the time, they add some ingredients for others, which can detonate with severe health damage in millions of people.

In this regard, the countries that top the list of adulterated drugs are China, Brazil and India. The spokesperson of AMMPC, called for people not to buy their medicines in street vendors, and always check the expiration date of what they ingest.

"It is important that people understand that they can not play with their health, and saving a few pesos will eventually cost more, their lives are in danger."

In order for the user to have clear and reliable information, Bojalil said that people can visit the portal: www.yocuidomisalud.com.mx , so that people can identify if the drug they have is of quality or not.

"The idea is that people learn to recognize if a generic is good or not; if it is a patent, generic and / or similar medicine. What interests us is that in addition to reducing self-medication in our country, is to promote the culture of self-care ".

This is one of the strategies that the First Contact Mexican Medical Academy will continue to carry out as part of the campaign: Nobody change your recipe, whose objective is that patients have a true communication with their doctor and know that he is the right person to take care of and protect his health.

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