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.