The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Friday said prescription of psychopharmacologic or psychiatric drugs does not require S2 license of the prescribing medical practitioner.

PDEA Director General Undersecretary Arturo Cacdac Jr. received a report from Director Helen Maita Reyes of the PDEA Compliance Service that some medical doctors in rural health units have experienced their prescriptions for psychiatric drugs not dispensed by local and community pharmacists because of non-indication of their S2 license in the prescription.

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