Popular Pharmacy: see how to get and where to find your medicines
With the Farmácia Popular program, you can save on medicines for you and your entire family.
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This is because you can find treatment for various chronic diseases at affordable prices or even free of charge.
And, did you know that you can even get sanitary pads and geriatric diapers for free?
Below we will see how this works, as well as understand the procedure for obtaining medicines and items for free or at a discount.
So, to stay up to date with all this information, continue reading!
How to participate in the Farmácia Popular program?
When you hear about the Farmácia Popular program, the first impression many people have is that it is specifically for people who meet the low-income criteria.
But the good news is that this is not quite the case, since free services and discounts are intended for the general population.
This means that all citizens can obtain low-cost treatments at accredited pharmacies.
However, for the general population only some medicines are free, while others have a 90% discount.
To obtain all available medicines for free, you must be a Bolsa Família beneficiary.
The beneficiary is automatically identified by the system, simply by including the CPF for identification.
Free pads and geriatric diapers: how to get them?
In addition to medications for treating chronic diseases, it is also possible to obtain other items from accredited pharmacies.
These items include geriatric diapers, sanitary pads and contraceptives.
To get free pads you must meet the income criteria.
To do this, the citizen simply needs to register with CadÚnico and thus obtain the income classification.
This way, with the low-income situation proven, it is now possible to withdraw the items.
But, be careful, there are some requirements for inclusion in the Menstrual Dignity Program:
- Age between 10 and 49 years;
- Registration in the Single Registry;
- Being a student at public educational institutions, or a person in a situation of extreme vulnerability.
For geriatric diapers, discounts of 90% are granted, and the requirements for withdrawal are:
- Elderly people over 60 years of age or people with disabilities;
- Prescription or medical report attesting to the need to use a geriatric diaper, with ICD, in the case of a person with a disability.
Finally, contraceptives can be purchased at a 90% discount, and there are no specific requirements.
See how to find your medicines at the nearest pharmacy
To collect medication, it is important to check the pharmacy's accreditation in the program.
This is because not all drugstores participate in Farmácia Popular.
To do this, simply access the list of accredited pharmacies by clicking this link.
Furthermore, it is important that you check which medications are available through the program.
Remember that to obtain the medication you must present a valid medical prescription, in addition to your identification document.
With all this clarified, simply go to one of the accredited pharmacies in your region and collect your medication.
It is worth remembering that not all of them are free, so it is worth checking in advance, and if necessary, taking the amount corresponding to the price after the 90% discount.
Finally, we cannot fail to mention that Farmácia Popular works as a complement to the pharmacies in primary health care centers.
Therefore, if you do not find a certain medicine in the program, you can check if it is distributed in health centers, UBSs and other networks.
