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(File photo) MANILA - A lawmaker at the House of Representatives on Thursday urged the Department of Health to remove or suspend the limit in the dispensing of over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription drugs. In filing House Resolution 2420, Senior Citizens Party-list Rep. Rodolfo Ordanes said the limitation on dispensing prescriptive and OTC drugs to senior citizens has led to numerous complaints and has become untenable in light of the coronavirus pandemic. Ordanes was referring to the Department of Health Administrative Order No. 2010-0032, which states that any single dispensing of prescriptive drugs should not exceed more than one month supply of medicines for senior citizens while dispensing of OTC drugs may be limited for a supply of one day but not to exceed a maximum of 7 days. "By maintaining the said limitations, senior citizens are put in a precarious situation where they are forced to increase their exposure to the public because they have to repeatedly go to their phys

Rodolfo ordanesDepartment of healthDepartment of health administrative order noHouse resolutionSenior citizens party listHealth administrative orderIle photo manilaa lawmaker at the house of representatives on thursday urged department health to remove or suspend limit in dispensing over counter otc and prescription drugs filing resolution 2420Enior citizens party list rep rodolfo ordanes said the limitation on dispensing prescriptive and otc drugs to senior has led numerous complaints become untenable in light of coronavirus pandemic was referring department health administrative order no 2010 0032Hich states that any single dispensing of prescriptive drugs should not exceed more than one month supply medicines for senior citizens while otc may be limited fora day but to exceeda maximum 7 days quot by maintaining the said limitationsEnior citizens are put ina precarious situation where they forced to increase their exposure the public because have repeatedly go physician or local government health center just acquire needed prescription purchase medicines9 he said the removal or suspension of limit in dispensing otc and prescription drugs would allow over 12 million senior citizens to store these maintaina supply for their medicinal needs beyond one week quot this will consequentially need our go out every purchase theyHich will therefore significantly lessen their possible exposure to the deadly covid 19 pandemic thusRomoting their health and well beingUot he said pna