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Medicine for high blood pressure disappears from stations and Campinas purchases 20.4 million tablets after supplier delay

Losartan in pharmacy DIRCEU PORTUGAL/FOTOARENA/FOTOARENA/ESTADÃO CONTENT The City of Campinas (SP) authorized the emergency purchase of 20.4 million 50 mg losartan tablets after a delay in the delivery of the medicine, which "disappeared"...

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Medicine for high blood pressure disappears from stations and Campinas purchases 20.4 million tablets after supplier delay
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Acquiring the medicine to treat high blood pressure will cost R$816,000 and should cover around nine months of consumption from the municipal network. According to the Department of Health, municipal pharmacies use, on average, 2.1 million pills per month.

  • Losartan is one of the medications available to control hypertension and occupies second place in the ranking of best-selling drugs in Brazil.
  • The medication is also indicated in some cases of heart failure.

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Losartan in pharmacy DIRCEU PORTUGAL/FOTOARENA/FOTOARENA/ESTADÃO CONTENT The City of Campinas (SP) authorized the emergency purchase of 20.4 million 50 mg losartan tablets after a delay in the delivery of the medicine, which "disappeared" from pharmacies in the metropolis' health centers. The measure was published in the Official Gazette this Monday (17). Acquiring the medicine to treat high blood pressure will cost R$816,000 and should cover around nine months of consumption from the municipal network. According to the Department of Health, municipal pharmacies use, on average, 2.1 million pills per month. ? Losartan is one of the medications available to control hypertension and occupies second place in the ranking of best-selling drugs in Brazil. The medication is also indicated in some cases of heart failure. The quantity was calculated to maintain supply while the city hall concludes a new tender and also to cover possible unforeseen events during this period. This Monday, the municipal platform that allows you to check the stock of medicines did not indicate losartan available in health centers. In a consultation made at 3:24 pm, only CS Bassoli appeared in the search for the medicine. When detailing the unit, however, the system reported that the stock was unavailable.

Patient reports difficulty getting medication. Building maintenance assistant Paulo Sérgio Ramos, who uses losartan every day to control his high blood pressure, says that he was already finding it difficult to get the medication from the municipal network. This Monday, after undergoing a medical consultation, he looked for the medicine again at the health center, but was informed that there was still no stock and he also did not receive an estimate of when losartan would be available again. "Today I passed by and asked if it had arrived. They said it hadn't arrived yet. Not just me, but also other people who were there. They didn't say when it would arrive", he reported. Paulo says that the medicine he has at home is running out and that, without being able to collect it through the SUS, he will have to buy it. As he has not yet received this month's salary, he is considering borrowing pills from his sister, who also uses losartan. "I'm going to have to buy it because there isn't one there. And it's expensive to keep buying it, because my payment is already low. We could die because of a medicine that we have to take, because if we don't take it, it's bad for our heart. But what can we do? There's no other alternative, right?", he lamented. Campinas City Hall map shows health centers without losartan 50 mg; on the right, notice of unavailable stock in the only CS that appeared in green in the query made this Monday (17) Reproduction Deadline of 15 days for delivery According to the Department of Health, the company that delayed delivery was notified and is going through an administrative process. The city hall did not disclose the name of the supplier. Faced with the problem, the municipality urgently hired Repress Distribuidora de Medicamentos Ltda. According to management, the company presented the lowest price among the proposals that met the required conditions. The deadline for delivery is up to 15 days after receipt of the commitment note by the contractor. Losartan can also be obtained through Farmácia Popular, in accredited pharmacies. The program, however, works as a complementary way of accessing the medicine and does not replace the supply of health centers, which depend on the stock maintained by the municipal network. Losartan: medication acts to control hypertension; understand how he acts g1 VIDEOS: everything about Campinas and the region See more news about the region on g1 Campinas