Pharmacy (Resident)
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WHAT IS IT?
A pharmacy is a health facility for the community which is always open and plays a role in welcoming, informing and listening to the population.
To find out which is the nearest open pharmacy, visit this website: LINK.
WHAT DOES IT DO?
In pharmacy you can get advice and first aid as well as health information. The community pharmacy offers services that private pharmacies often do not, some of which are:
- Low prices compared to market values;
- Distribution of biocidal products such as disinfectants and insecticides;
- Possibility of hiring orthopaedic and health aids;
- Blood pressure control.
PHARMACY AND PARAPHARMACIE
Pharmacies sell medicines prescribed by a doctor with a prescription, while “parapharmacies” only sell non-prescription medicines.
“Parapharmacie” can also sell food supplements, homeopathic drugs and medical devices.
Non-prescription drugs are so-called ‘over-the-counter’ (OTC) – which in Italian are known as « farmaci da banco » – and those “without prescription” (SOP).
Only a licensed pharmacist can sell drugs, because he must also inform the customer about drug’s administration techniques, interactions, side effects.
Pharmacy and “parapharmacie” can apply the unfreezing of prices, which is a percentage of discount on the price of drugs.
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