Netizens are puzzled: Can't chloasma buy hydroquinone cream?

"When I saw a doctor in 2065438+2008, the doctor prescribed hydroquinone cream to treat facial chloasma, and the effect was good. I have been using it ever since. I bought it at the pharmacy at home. A box 10g as long as 120 yuan. Last year (2020), pharmacies suddenly said they couldn't get in, and I couldn't buy it after going to many houses. I only saw a 20g one on the Internet, which is much more expensive than the original one. 20g is closer to 500 yuan. Where can I buy cheap hydroquinone cream? " Ms. Gu, who lives in Handan City, Hebei Province, consulted the Health Times.

Hydroquinone cream is a kind of skin bleaching agent, and it is a therapeutic drug for chloasma, freckles, senile plaques and other skin injuries, leaving pigmentation and other diseases. According to the product description, the main component of the medicine is hydroquinone, and its main indications are to treat chloasma, freckles and post-inflammatory pigmentation spots. Specifications are 10g, 20g and 35g.

The reporter inquired about the State Administration of Pharmaceutical Products and found that at present, only Qianbaihydroquinone cream with the approval number of H20040088 produced by Guangdong Renrenkang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. is available in China. The raw materials are Guangdong Renrenkang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and Zhejiang Funuo Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., and the approval number is.

The reporter searched a number of online drug purchasing platforms and visited offline pharmacies, and found that only 20g was on sale in hydroquinone cream, with prices ranging from 365 yuan to 495 yuan. Many pharmacies have no goods for sale.

120 RMB 10g can I still buy it in hydroquinone cream? The reporter called Guangdong Renrenkang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., and the staff said that the medicine could not be bought because of local supply, so you can consult the local dealer for details. At present, many network platforms have agents to sell hydroquinone cream, but only products with specifications of 20g. Hydroquinone cream with the specification of 10g is mostly sold online in pharmacies and hospitals. The retail price is 298 yuan, and the price may fluctuate in different regions. You can go to the local hospital to ask a doctor for a prescription.

Manager Wang (pseudonym), the person in charge of the company in Hebei, told the reporter that due to various comprehensive factors, there is no hydroquinone cream with the specification of 10g for sale in Handan at present, but products with the specification of 20g can be purchased. In order to regulate the market, the region unified the retail price. 10g products can only be purchased in some cities, such as hospitals in Beijing.

Is it possible that the low-priced hydroquinone cream purchased by Ms. Gu is fake? The staff of renrenkang pharmaceutical said that it is unlikely. "Low-priced drugs may come from different purchase channels, but it is still recommended to buy them in hospitals. If you are worried about authenticity, there is an electronic supervision code on the drug, and you can scan the code from the shopping platform to see the flow of the drug. "

References:

① villi, Ai Ping, Zhang Yinghu, Yang Bin: Observation on the therapeutic effect of compound glycyrrhizin combined with hydroquinone cream on facial chloasma, China Cosmetic Medicine, 2020( 10).