Diabetics lost quality of life after switching to Russian drugs

In the annexed Crimea, a critical situation has arisen with the provision of insulin-dependent citizens.

This was reported by Krym.Realii, citing its own sources.

Due to the lack of imported drugs for insulin-dependent Crimeans, they were forced to switch to Russian counterparts. These Russian drugs are significantly inferior in their pharmacological qualities to the originals, which has led to a significant deterioration in the health of type 1 diabetics.

The Ministry of Health of the Russian government of Crimea has instructed endocrinologists to issue prescriptions for Russian drugs without the consent of insulin-dependent Crimeans. Currently, only a few insulin-dependent children can receive a prescription for the effective foreign drug APIDRA, while adults have been prescribed only the Russian analog RINGLUSIN since this year.

For Krym-Pharmacia, which provides medicines on preferential prescriptions, it is more profitable to buy cheap Ringlusin. However, while APIDRA makes a type 1 diabetic feel healthy without side effects, RINGLUZIN has a strong side effect of drowsiness, lethargy and apathy. This has dramatically reduced the quality of life of insulin-dependent Crimeans.

In addition, the human rights activist said that insulin-dependent Crimeans are forced to undergo a grueling procedure in medical institutions every three months to renew their right to receive insulin on preferential terms.

It has also become known that the invaders are supplying expired medicines to the occupied Kherson region.

It turned out that the occupiers are supplying the remaining batches of Russian medicines to the TOT, which have only 3-4 months left until the end of their shelf life. This problem was already noticed in early September with insulin, and now a similar situation is observed with painkillers. In fact, the occupiers are forcing the local population to use medicines that are about to become unusable.

At the same time, in the temporarily occupied Henichesk, the situation is critical due to the acute shortage of basic medical supplies: healthcare workers are forced to boil syringes and catheters to reuse them.

Катерина Глушко