Federation Council recommends limiting sales of new drugs for the treatment of mental illness

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Irina Rukavishnikova, First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building of the Federation Council, appealed to the Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko with a request to include new drugs for the treatment of psychological diseases in the list of drugs subject to quantitative accounting, writer “Parliamentary newspaper”. The Senator stressed that the free sale of these drugs can lead to drug addiction and other serious consequences, especially among adolescents.

“All drugs on the PKU list are subject to special accounting in pharmacies and health institutions. Special requirements are placed on their storage and they are released strictly according to the doctor’s prescription. “However, this list needs to be updated on a regular basis as the range of psychoactive drugs is constantly expanding.”

In particular, we are talking about eight new drugs, including Gabapentin, Konvalis, Lepsitin, Neurontin and others.

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