From April 1, electronic prescription will start working in Ukraine. You will need it to buy most medicines

Author:
Oleksiy Yarmolenko
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From April 1, it will be possible to purchase prescription drugs in pharmacies with both paper and electronic prescriptions. About 60% of all medicines in Ukraine belong to prescription drugs.

This is reported by the press service of the Ministry of Health.

"Approximately 60% of the medicines registered in Ukraine are prescription drugs, for which a doctorʼs prescription is required. You can, as before, buy the rest of the medicines that do not require a doctorʼs prescription at a pharmacy without a special prescription," the message reads.

You will need a recipe to buy:

  • antibiotics;
  • anticonvulsants;
  • hormonal drugs (including contraceptives);
  • drugs for the treatment of blood pressure, heart diseases;
  • some anthelmintic drugs;
  • some antihistamines;
  • blood thinning drugs;
  • antidepressants, neuroleptics and relaxants;
  • steroid medicines;
  • some medicines against pain, cough, sedatives.

The Ministry of Health emphasizes that they are not expanding the list of prescription drugs. All those that were previously sold without a prescription remain so. To find out which medicines require a prescription, you need to open the instructions on the website of the State Register of Medicines.

  • From November 2022, narcotic drugs began to be dispensed by electronic prescription.
  • From August 1, 2022, antibiotics will be sold only by e-prescription in Ukraine. To get a prescription, you need to go to your family doctor or any other medical facility, get an electronic prescription for the active ingredient, and pick up the medicine at the pharmacy.