Pensioner from Nickel sent to Murmansk for preferential medicine

A resident of Nickel complained of problems with obtaining the medicine. She wrote about this in comments on the page of the Governor of the Murmansk region Andrei Chibis.

A woman of 78 years has been treated with gabapentin for eight years. The medication is often used to treat epilepsy. When the northern woman came to the clinic for another prescription, and then to the pharmacy, it turned out that for drugs of strict reporting now you need to go to Murmansk. The prescription is prescribed only for a month, and you can not interrupt the treatment.

Recall that from March 1, 2026, the Ministry of Health of Russia included gabapentin in the list of drugs subject to quantitative accounting. It requires a special form that is valid for a limited number of days from the date of discharge. Due to strict rules of storage, journaling and high fines, many pharmacy chains stopped buying this medicine. Therefore, in retail it has become less affordable.

Earlier, “MK in Murmansk” said that a resident of Kovdor did not wait for a preferential medicine and was hospitalized.