Hemofarm - Blog - Health Education

Dr. Danijela Stanišić Srdić
Specialist of clinical pharmacology and director of Rx portfolio for the Western Balkans, Hemofarm

Sudden Weather Changes Increase the Risk of Stroke

High temperatures and especially sudden weather changes that affect arterial pressure can increase the risk of stroke and heart attack. Chronic patients and elderly people should be especially cautious.

Aleksandra Gazivoda
Corporate Communications Specialist, Hemofarm

Chronic kidney disease is reaching epidemic proportions

World Kidney Day is marked in more than 100 countries worldwide, with the aim of raising awareness of chronic kidney disease (CKD), of which each tenth adult in the world suffers.

Katarina Barudžija
Regional Product Manager for RX medicines, Hemofarm

Allergies are coming, protect yourself in time

Allergic sneezing is the most common epidemic chronic disease today, and more than half a billion people on the planet suffer from it.

Aleksandra Gazivoda
Corporate Communications Specialist, Hemofarm

PROBIOTICS – Support to Good Health

Probiotics have a manyfold favourable effect on human health, and scientific researches show that they are very useful in protection of heart health and in the fight against viral infections.

Neda Burić
graduate pharmacist and Marketing Manager OTC/CHC Portfolio West Balkans, Hemofarm

How to Help Yourself During Cold and Flu Season

Although the cold and flu season is slowly winding down, the waiting rooms of health centers across Serbia are still packed with patients with respiratory infections.

Bojana Podgorac Milenković
Master of Pharmacy and Medical Biochemist

A Trusted Partner at All Times

How to keep the quality of treatment and availability of top-quality medicines at a high level is a keynote question for every healthcare system in the time of crisis. Local pharma industry is an important mainstay and a trusted partner to the healthcare system of Serbia.

Bojana Podgorac Milenković
Master of Pharmacy and Medical Biochemist

Detect Diabetes on time

The fifth leading cause of death in Serbia is diabetes, and half of those affected are the working-age population. This severe systemic disease is treated for life and can cause numerous life-threatening complications.

Dr. Milan Ljubinković
MD Sales Manager for the Western Balkans, OTC/CHC Portfolio, Hemofarm

Pollution and Poor Nutrition are the Path to Disease

Fast food as well as a significant decline in food quality due to increasing environmental pollution, but also the use of pesticides and herbicides, make the diet increasingly unhealthy. That is why dietary supplements are ever more necessary for preserving good health.

Dr. Danijela Stanišić Srdić
Clinical pharmacology specialist and Rx sales director, Hemofarm

Nobody Should Suffer Pain

In the 21st century, all patients are entitled to spend their days in peace, without pain, no matter how severe or advanced the disease. Sometimes the illness brings strong, long-lasting pain that makes you lose sleep and turn your life into suffering. If the pain lasts more than three months, it is called chronic pain.

Sara Popadić
Pharmacy Specialist and Regional Product Manager, Hemofarm

Chose Diet for Infants Carefully

French Modilac, the only infant milk formula with lactoferrin, very important protein for good health of your baby, is now also available in Serbia.

Katarina Barudžija
Regional Product Manager for RX medicines, Hemofarm

Don’t Treat Allergies on Your Own

One in three children and one in five adults in the world suffer from some form of allergy. Young people aged 15 to 25 are most at risk, warns the World Health Organization.

Dr. Milan Ljubinković
WB (Western Balkans) OTC/CHC Portfolio Sales Manager, Hemofarm

Bronchitis and Cough Should be Treated Immediately

Cold days, air polluted by harmful gases, as well as long exposure to tobacco smoke, provide very good soil for bronchitis. Sore throat, cough, high temperature, as well as chest and muscle pain, are the most frequent symptoms of bronchitis. Smokers, people prone to allergies, people suffering from asthma, diabetes, heart diseases, as well as heartburn, are more prone to bronchitis.

Dr. Nada Jokić
Regional Product Manager, Hemofarm

Urinary tract infections - increasingly common problem

Urinary tract infections impair quality of life and limit daily activities. It is important to treat them immediately, because they can lead to serious complications. Women are more susceptible to these infections than men.

Branislava Daskalović
Head of OTC/CHC sales BU West Balkans, Hemofarm

Constipation must be treated

Each sixth person in the world has a problem with irregular bowel movements, and this unpleasant condition is three times more common in women. Constipation leads to impairment of health of the whole body, so be aware of the dangers and react in time.

Communications, Hemofarm

Strength of the immune system is crucial in post-covid rehabilitation

Only those who have gone through Covid-19 infection know how difficult it is for the body to return to normal after the disease, regain muscle strength and strengthen its own immune system. It is precisely this strength of the immune system that is crucial in post-covid rehabilitation.

Branislava Daskalović
CHC Sales Director for Western Balkans, Hemofarm

Take Probiotics in Prevention and Treatment of Covid

Numerous global studies unambiguously point to the benefits of probiotics in fighting viral infections, and their contribution to reducing the severity of the Covid-19 disease and its lethal outcome

Communications, Hemofarm

Everything we need to know about generic drugs

The use of generic drugs is on the rise worldwide. In Serbia, a regular supply of the market with quality generics is ensured, the same ones that are used to treat patients in the most developed European countries.

Bojana Podgorac Milenković
Master of Pharmacy and Medical Biochemist

It’s not a Shame, there is a Solution

If involuntary urination is what bothers you, seek the help of a urologist because modern medicine offers both medicines and treatment methods that can solve your problem.

Bojana Podgorac Milenković
Master of Pharmacy and Medical Biochemist

Prevent Heart Attack

All the necessary medicines are available in Serbia for patients who have suffered a heart attack. Responsible behaviour of patients in adhering to all the measures of secondary prevention is the best way to prevent the undesired event from happening ever again.

MPharm. Davorka Kopanja
Hemofarm

The Synergistic Effect of Vitamins D3 & K2 to Bone Health

Recommendations for vitamin D3 differ from country to country. While taking 400 to 800 international units a day is recommended in some countries, the guidelines for Central Europe recommend everyday supplementation in the dosage from 800 to 2000 international units in the period from September to April.

Doc. Dr. Goran Radunović
Internal Medicine Specialist and Director of the Institute of Rheumatology

Back pain is the most common disease after sneeze

Rheumatic diseases are one of the most common causes of disability and the most common reason for sick leave and early retirement. Rheumatic diseases are the most common diagnosis after heart and blood vessel diseases in Serbia. As many as three quarters of the population in Serbia suffer from some form of rheumatism.

Branislava Daskalović
CHC Sales Director for Western Balkans, Hemofarm

Speed up your COVID recovery process

If you have had Covid-19, you have an important recovery period ahead of you, which can take several weeks.

Dr Predrag Marinković
Hemofarm

Pollution and Poor Nutrition - Serious Health Threats

Junk food and significant decline in foodstuff quality due to increasing environmental pollution, as well as the use of pesticides and herbicides, make nutrition more and more unhealthy. Therefore, food supplements are increasingly needed for the preservation of health.

STADA Group

The different stations of Parkinson's therapy

No two Parkinson's diseases are the same: History, symptoms, life situation - all of these differ from patient to patient.

STADA Group

Everyday life with Parkinson's - Tips for patients and relatives

Diagnosis of Parkinson's disease - what now?

STADA Group

Understanding Parkinson's disease

April 11 is World Parkinson's Day. This day of action is intended to draw attention to the disease itself and its impact on the lives of sufferers and their families, as well as to progress in treatment.

Prof. Dr. Jelena Drulović
Head of the Department of Immune-Mediated CNS Diseases of the Neurology Clinic at the University Clinical Centre of Serbia

Great progress in the treatment of patients with multiple sclerosis in Serbia

For the first time, the cutting-edge highly effective therapies for the treatment of patients with multiple sclerosis are available in Serbia, and a modern strategy for the treatment of this serious disease has been adopted.

Bojana Podgorac Milenković
Master of Pharmacy and Medical Biochemist

Hemofarm's first biosimilar

Hemofarm dedicated its first biosimilar to patients with osteoporosis, thus trying to contribute to greater availability of biological therapy for these patients...

prof. dr Nebojša Lađević
Anaesthesiologist and Director of the Centre for Anaesthesiology and Resuscitation of the Clinical Centre of Serbia

The Right to Life without Pain

In 21st century, no patient should suffer pain. No matter how severe or advanced the disease, the patient has the right to spend days in peace, rather than in suffering. The development of the Pain Medicine, as a new branch of medicine, is therefore extremely important.

Olivera Vujnović
Manufacturing Science & Technology Cluster Head Southeast Europe and Russia

Production of Medicines Tailor-Made for Europe

Cutting-edge Hemofarm factories, operating in compliance with the highest international pharmaceutical standards, as well as highly-qualified professional staff, have become a guarantee of the top-notch quality of medicines for numerous European countries

Bojana Podgorac Milenković
Master of Pharmacy and Medical Biochemist

Generic Medicines as Important Support to the Public Health

The COVID-19 pandemic has clearly highlighted the vital role of public health and the need to strengthen one’s own resources within the health system. Find out why the domestic pharmaceutical industry and generic medicines represent important support to Serbia’s healthcare

Branislava Daskalović
CHC Team Manager for the Western Balkans

What are the new tasks of pharmacists in the healthcare system?

Contemporary concept of pharmaceutical practice is focused on strengthening a direct pharmacist - patient relationship. Individual approach to patient is the path to successful treatment and the basis for conducting an efficient and safe pharmacotherapy, aimed at achieving maximum treatment results with minimum adverse effects.

dr Nives Čpajak Devrnja
Manager of Medical Team at Hemofarm

Do not take medicines ’off your own bat’

Be cautious! Self-medication is a dangerous game which can seriously damage your health status, and inadequate use of medicines can cause poisoning, and even death.

dr Danijela Stanišić-Srdić
Rx Portfolio Manager in Hemofarm

Careful with Antibiotics

Take antibiotics only when necessary and never ‘on your own’. Irrational use of antibiotics endangers the health of individuals and the entire population, because it contributes to the development of bacterial resistance to existing antibiotics’, Dr. Stanišić-Srdić emphasizes.