- Complain online through the app if you are overcharged.
Pharma Sahi Daam: From headache to fever, people need medicine to recover. It is often seen that the same medicine is available at some price in some medical stores and at some other price in others. Apart from this, there is a lot of difference in the prices of online and offline medicines. Also, many times people pay more for medicines. In this series, today we are going to tell you about an app where you will get the exact price of the medicine and all its information.
What is Pharma Sahi Daam?
According to the information, Pharma Sahi Daam is an online portal and mobile app prepared by the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) of the Central Government. Let us tell you that the purpose of this app is to sell medicines at their right price and to reduce fraud on people. It has been seen many times that medical stores start selling medicines at arbitrary prices. To control this, the government has introduced this app from which it is believed that people can get a lot of benefits.
How to check medicine price
Now let us tell you that it is very easy to use this facility of the government. For this, first of all you have to go to NPPA’s official Pharma Sahi Daam portal or mobile app. After this, write the name of the medicine or its brand in the search box.
Select the correct medicine from the list shown. For this, definitely check Strength, Pack Size, Dosage Form, Composition and Manufacturer. Now match the MRP shown on the screen with the price quoted by the medicine packet or medical store.
What information do you get?
Let us tell you that by searching any medicine on Pharma Sahi Daam, many important information is available like
- MRP of medicine
- selling price
- Manufacturer Name
- strength of medicine
- pack size
- Composition of medicine
Other brands with the same composition and their prices
With this, consumers can understand at what price several companies are selling the same medicine.
Keep these things in mind
Actually, while comparing the prices of medicines, just looking at MRP is not enough. Along with this, you also have to take care of some important things.
- Always compare medicines of similar strength.
- Pack size should be same.
- The dosage form of the medicine should also be the same.
- Also check the manufacturing date as different prices may apply to different batches.
- If you are looking at the selling price then it is important to understand the difference between tax and MRP.
What cheap medicine should I buy?
It has often been seen that one company sells the same medicine at a higher price and another company sells it at a cheaper price. In such situations, people buy medicines at cheaper prices. But the question is whether people should buy cheap medicines or not. Actually, let us tell you that it is not considered right to take cheap medicine with similar composition without consulting a doctor. One should avoid doing this.
What to do if a higher price is charged
Now if the price for any medicine is being charged more than the prescribed limit or more money is being demanded than the MRP printed on the packet, then you can also complain about it.
Consumers can lodge complaints online through Pharma Sahi Daam and Pharma Jan Samadhan platforms. However, you have to give some important information while making a complaint.
- name of medicine
- Manufacturer Name
- batch number
- MRP printed on the packet
- price charged
- bill of purchase
- photo of medicine packet
Till the complaint is resolved, the medicine bill and packaging should be kept safe so that it can be presented as evidence if needed.
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