Remedy for treatment of advanced breast cancer returns to be distributed in SC, says Secretary of Health

The remedy Herceptin used by patients with advanced bad cancer, should be distributed free of charge this Wednesday (18) in Santa Catarina, informed the Secretary of State to Health State Secretary of the pulp, Acélio Casagrande, has badured that the resumption of distribution and forecasting is that stocks will normalize up to 30 days

. The Secretary of Health returned Tuesday (17) from Brasilia, where they agreed to resume the distribution of the drug. The secretary says that the problem occurred with the patients who had judicialized the application of the remedy, asking the court.

The Brazilian Association of Cancer Patients reported that the receipt of the drug is automatic after diagnosis. In Santa Catarina, however, because of lack of staff, many women had to go to court to guarantee the drug.

Health says that it will transmit the stock of those who have been registered in the network to those who have requested it judicially. Casagrande also said that with the replacement of the Ministry of Health, it will not fail those who are already registered.

Missing

The drug has disappeared in the state since the month of April. The Ministry of Health reported that the Ministry of Health has not provided the drug since February, despite a court decision. The department said that the delivery of the article is up to date and that it is up to the state to distribute it

The State Department of Health informed the judiciary that he had received 1,600 bulbs in November 2017 and none.

The distribution of this medicine by the unified health system (SUS) for severe cases was approved in Brazil recently

In Santa Catarina, it came since 2009, when the Office of the Federal Public Defender and the Federal Public Prosecutor commenced a public civil action to secure, from there, the provision of Herceptin in the amounts needed for all patients with bad cancer Herceptin helps to fight a type of bad cancer that can spread quickly through the body and that does not heal. The blisters act directly on the defective cells and therefore do not cause any side effects

They are applied from the beginning of the treatment at the same time as the traditional chemotherapy and then have a continuous use, which allows the patient a normal life. (G1)