The Department of Health (DOH) introduced the Complete Treatment Pack (ComPack) program to increase patient’s access to quality essential medicine, to improve primary health care in the poorest communities, and to provide complete treatment regimens to indigent patients.
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The DOH ComPack program is designed to reach the poorest of the poor for the treatment of the common diseases of the country like hypertension, diabetes, infections, and diarrhea; and emphasizes rational use of medicines by promoting compliance or adherence to treatment.
Rachel Bayanes of the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA)-Cordillera explained that the DOH ComPack medicines shall be provided for free to beneficiaries of the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) or the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) of the government.
The DOH grants Rural Health Units (RHUs) with medicines package for prevalent diseases targeting the families enrolled in the CCT program as the beneficiaries.
The beneficiaries receive full subsidy for medicines provided that they go to the health center, have themselves checked and adhere to the treatment prescribed by the doctor, she said.
The DOH ComPack program is also granted to local government unit (LGU) hospitals and DOH-Retained Hospitals and medicines are for sale but at a cheaper price. Medicines under the ComPack program can be availed of by PhilHealth’s eligible sponsored members as stake home medication in accredited hospitals, she added.
Medicines under the ComPack program include Amoxicillin 500mg, Cotrimoxazole (800mg sulfamethoxazole + 160mg trimethoprim, tablet), Erythromycin 500mg, and Cloxacillin 500mg, all for adult; and Amoxicillin 100mg/ml granules (suspension), Cotrimoxazole (200mg Sulfamethazole + 40mg trimethoprin/5ml suspension, 30, 60 ml), Cotrimoxazole (400mg Sulfamethazole + 80 mg Trimethoprin/5ml suspension, 30, 60ml) and Cloxacillin 125mg/5ml, 60 ml, all for pedia which are for common infectious diseases like pneumonia, upper respiratory tract infections, urinary tract infections and otitis media.
It also includes Metformin 500mg, Glibenclamide 5mg, and Gliclazide 80mg for diabetes; Doxycyxline 100mg and Metronidazole 500mg for adult for acute gastroenteritis; Amlodipine (5,10mg),enalapril (5, 10,20mg), Metoprolol (50, 100mg), Hydrochlorothiazide (25, 50mg), Aspirin oral (80, 160mg), and Losartan 50mg for hypertension and cardiovascular; Simvastatin oral 20mg for hypercholesterolemia; Sambong 250mg tablet for renal problems (diuretic); and Lagundi 300mg tablet for respiratory (bronchodilator)
All the ten towns of the province are put under CCT with program implementation in five towns set next year. - (PIA / by Juliet Saley)
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