Post by messi05 on Jan 24, 2024 5:50:00 GMT
The National Confederation of Health Workers (CNTS) questions in the Federal Supreme Court, through a direct action of unconstitutionality, Law 13,454/2017, which authorizes the production, sale and consumption of weight loss medicines (anorectics) sibutramine, anfepramone , fenproporex and mazindol. The rapporteur is Minister Celso de Mello. The CNTS argues that there is widespread knowledge about the ineffectiveness of these medications and their harmful side effects on patients.
For the entity, the law disrespects individual Buy Phone Number List rights and guarantees guaranteed by the Federal Constitution, such as the right to health (articles 6 and 196), to safety and life (caput of article 5) and principles such as human dignity ( article 1, item III). According to the confederation, the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) proposed, in 2011, the withdrawal from the market of sibutramine and other substances, anorectic amphetamines, due to their serious adverse effects, such as physical and psychological dependence, anxiety, tachycardia, hypertension arterial. However, “without prior motivation and plausible administrative justification, or relevant public interest”, the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Rodrigo Maia (DEM-RJ), in the role of President of the Republic, sanctioned Law 13,454/2017, “ authorizing the use of substances whose side effects and toxicity on the human body are unknown and put the health of the population at risk”.
When requesting the granting of an injunction to suspend the effectiveness of the law, the CNTS maintains that, given the growth of obesity in the country (the prevalence of the disease increased from 11.8% in 2006 to 18.9% in 2016, according to the Ministry of Health), there is a great danger that a large number of Brazilians will resort to these medications. On the merits, the request is for a definitive declaration of the unconstitutionality of article 1 of the law and, consequently, of its entirety, considering that article 2 only deals with the validity clause.
For the entity, the law disrespects individual Buy Phone Number List rights and guarantees guaranteed by the Federal Constitution, such as the right to health (articles 6 and 196), to safety and life (caput of article 5) and principles such as human dignity ( article 1, item III). According to the confederation, the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) proposed, in 2011, the withdrawal from the market of sibutramine and other substances, anorectic amphetamines, due to their serious adverse effects, such as physical and psychological dependence, anxiety, tachycardia, hypertension arterial. However, “without prior motivation and plausible administrative justification, or relevant public interest”, the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Rodrigo Maia (DEM-RJ), in the role of President of the Republic, sanctioned Law 13,454/2017, “ authorizing the use of substances whose side effects and toxicity on the human body are unknown and put the health of the population at risk”.
When requesting the granting of an injunction to suspend the effectiveness of the law, the CNTS maintains that, given the growth of obesity in the country (the prevalence of the disease increased from 11.8% in 2006 to 18.9% in 2016, according to the Ministry of Health), there is a great danger that a large number of Brazilians will resort to these medications. On the merits, the request is for a definitive declaration of the unconstitutionality of article 1 of the law and, consequently, of its entirety, considering that article 2 only deals with the validity clause.