“Swine Flu” Fears Lead to Rush on Surgical Masks, Magic Ointments
[ 2009/11/16 | 09:56 ]Due to the recent sudden rise in the number of reported cases of the H1N1 (swine flu) in Armenia, residents have been rushing to their local drug stores to buy surgical masks and other anti-viral medical applications. The “Tekomet” apothecary told “Hetq” that they have experienced a demand for the ointment “Oksolin” and the white surgical masks. (It appears that “Oksolin” has not been evaluated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
A quick check on the web found “Oksolin”, manufactured by the Russian company NizhFarm, selling from $4-$8 for a 10 gram tube. The staff at “Tekomet” said that due to the rush, their supplies of the ointment often run out although masks are in plentiful supply even though the price has jumped by 100 AMD. The drugstore also said that people are now buying the “Imunal” brand of aspirin. How it differs from generic aspirin is anyone’s guess.
December 11th, 2009 at 11:17
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May 20th, 2010 at 07:16
my uncle got stomach ulcers because he took a lot of Aspirin to take care of his high blood pressure.,’;