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The DOH and DTI have placed a purchasing limit on paracetamol and flu medications.

As the number of mild coronavirus cases isolated at home continues to climb, the government has imposed a limit on the number of specific types of drugs that an individual or household can purchase.

Acting Presidential Spokesperson, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, said in a televised Palace briefing that the Departments of Health (DOH) and Trade and Industry (DTI) have issued a joint memorandum setting a purchase limit or cap for paracetamol, phenylephrine hydrochloride, carbocisteine, and chlorphenamine maleate paracetamol.

Unless approved by the FDA [Food and Drug Administration], nakasaad rin sa joint memorandum na ito na bawal ang online selling ng nasabing gamot (This joint agreement also specifies that online selling of such medicines is prohibited),” Nograles added.

Individuals who breach the memorandum shall be subject to penalties under the Price Act, the Philippine Consumer Act, and other applicable laws.

Earlier, the DOH assured the public that the drugs listed in the memorandum are not in limited supply, although it verified that demand for them has grown this flu season.

Last week, the Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) stated that paracetamol and other flu medicines supplies at drugstores will begin to normalize as manufacturers begin to transfer supplies to drugstores.

Pharmacies have ordered three times their regular orders of paracetamol and flu treatments after the New Year due to the rise in demand for these medicines, according to Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez.

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