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Anvisa releases list of free prescription medicines
The National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) updated list of medicines exempted from medical prescription.
The list has been updated from the rules set by the agency in the month of August. Seven factors were identified: marketing time, safety, identifiable symptoms, time of use, patient manageability, low risk potential and no dependence. Medications for which the route of administration is parenteral (intravenous) or which have an indication under prescription are excluded from the list.
The current list of free prescription medicines can be found here.
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