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In August 2009, Portugal's National Health Plan said that the consumption of sedatives and antidepressants in Portugal is on the rise. Consumption of anxiolytics, soporifics, sedatives and antidepressants increased by 32% between 2002 and 2008. In Portugal in 2002, 115.6 doses of sedatives and antidepressants were consumed per 1,000 inhabitants per day, and by 2008 this figure had increased to 152.1 doses per 1,000 inhabitants per day. Portugal is therefore way above the European average for consumption of this type of medicine, which stands at 41.3 doses per 1,000 people per day. The National Health Plan aims to reduce the consumption of sedative and antidepressant medicines to 92.5 doses per 1,000 inhabitants per day by 2010.
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Ocorreu o contrário do planeado. O consumo destes medicamentos, em vez de diminuir, duplicou (de acordo com a notícia do Público que refiro no post anterior).
Os laboratórios passaram a ganhar menos por embalagem, devido aos cortes cegos do governo, mas vendem muito mais. Interessante, muito interessante.