Medicines: Federfarma, due to the Covid effect, Italians are more attentive but still too web

Rome, April 16 (beraking latest news Salute) – Italians more informed about drugs, more aware of the importance of their correct use and more attentive to contraindications. It is the positive “side effect” of the attention that the pandemic has focused on health and, in particular, on treatments and vaccines, with the concerns related to the events of AstraZeneca and J&J, according to the framework drawn up for beraking latest news Salute from Roberto Tobia, national secretary Federfarma, from the observatory of pharmacies, a place favored by citizens for information on medicines. “We register greater awareness, questions more targeted to interactions, adverse effects. But the use of ‘doctor Google’ is always too high, in my opinion “, says Tobia.

“The media alarm on vaccines, in relation to adverse reactions, added to the data on deaths from Covid – he added – have increased, on average, the awareness of Italians that the drug is not just any product and should not be trivialized . It should be taken when necessary and prescribed by a doctor “. Obviously “this does not really concern all users: it is a long process of cultural growth. But you can see some signs”.

“Many drugs – he adds – are often considered ‘trivial’. There are cases in which the painkiller in the locker is used lightly. Or, worse, the antibiotic, with the risk of increasing resistance, problem for which we are among the first in Europe. But I am optimistic about this principle of awareness that drugs are not candy. We see more attentive people in pharmacies. The Internet, however, is always used too much in this field. And ‘a fantastic tool but it is misused, most of the time, and it is difficult to defend against fake news “.