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MANILA, Philippines — Dr. Minguita Padilla, a senate candidate for the Partido Reporma, called on the government to set a price cap on the anti-coronavirus illness 2019 (Covid-19) medicine molnupiravir and educate the public about its correct use to prevent people from obtaining counterfeit anti-Covid-19 pills.

Padilla was responding to allegations that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was cracking down on counterfeit Covid-19 drugs being marketed in local pharmacies.

“At the moment, the cost of 40 molnupiravir tablets, the quantity required for a full course, varies between PHP6,000 and PHP13,000, depending on which hospital sells it. Most people will find this prohibitive,” she stated in a statement.

According to Padilla, the tablets cost only PHP100 to PHP150 each or roughly PHP4,000 to PHP6,000 each bottle.

“It would be wonderful if additional LGUs (local government units) followed Manila’s lead and provided free medicine to patients who presented an abstract and a physician’s prescription. “However, not all LGUs are capable of doing so,” she added.

She also cautioned the public about the dangers of purchasing counterfeit or unlicensed pharmaceuticals.

“The first is that they may not contain the real medicine, and so will not treat the patient with Covid-19, or they may be overdosed or underdosed,” she noted.

Padilla further pointed out that if the medicine is sold outside of pharmacies and hospitals, it “is smuggled through luggage, it is not delivered properly with the correct temperature, and all of these things are dangerous for patients.”

She also informed the audience that molnupiravir is not appropriate for all Covid-19 patients.

“(The pill) is indicated to be given within the first five days of symptoms and confirmation of Covid-19, by people who have mild to moderate Covid-19 and at least one comorbidity that puts them at increased risk of serious Covid,” Padilla explained.

Those with diabetes, HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), and those undergoing chemotherapy, among others, are among these people, according to her.

“Those with mild disease, who have been properly immunized, and who have no comorbidities are exempt from taking molnupiravir.” All drugs have the potential for adverse effects, no matter how wonderful or useful they are. As a result, it should be recommended by a physician,” Padilla explained.

Padilla is one of three Partido Reporma senatorial candidates, with former national police head Guillermo Eleazar and former Makati congressman Monsour Del Rosario.

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