Red pill or queue pill: How the weak lira is disrupting drug markets in Turkey
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In İstanbul's Fatih district – aka the “hospital neighborhood” thanks to its many medical facilities – a pharmacist looked at my prescription and said the medicine I needed was not in stock. He was the first pharmacist to deliver the news. I would visit six more pharmacies before I tracked down medication for a simple intestinal problem. When I asked why it was so hard to find, another pharmacist told me: "The companies stopped selling drugs to us. Most drugs are not available on the market."
Red pill or queue pill: How the weak lira is disrupting drug markets in Turkey
Red pill or queue pill: How the weak lira is…
Red pill or queue pill: How the weak lira is disrupting drug markets in Turkey
In İstanbul's Fatih district – aka the “hospital neighborhood” thanks to its many medical facilities – a pharmacist looked at my prescription and said the medicine I needed was not in stock. He was the first pharmacist to deliver the news. I would visit six more pharmacies before I tracked down medication for a simple intestinal problem. When I asked why it was so hard to find, another pharmacist told me: "The companies stopped selling drugs to us. Most drugs are not available on the market."