A Cuban boy of just five years old with M5 myeloid leukemia, is in need of medication to deal with his illness, according to what the minor's parents informed comedian Limay Blanco, whom they asked for help.
The medicine they need is called etopósido VP-16 and they need it in injectable format, specifically five bulbs, as requested by the family.
"He is admitted to the Juan Manuel Márquez hospital, but there is no medication that he takes in the fifth phase", specifies the information released, which was not accompanied by any contact telephone number.
In the comments section of the publication, several Internet users agreed to explain that it is an expensive medicine, which is also sold only by prescription, both in the United States and Spain.
In the case of the Iberian nation, a woman specified that the name under which it is marketed is Toposar and VePasid, but stressed that it is impossible without a medical prescription.
"I am admitted here in Havana, at the Institute of Hematology, in El Vedado, and in this hospital there was that medicine"wrote a mother, who suggested that the family refer to that institution in the Plaza de la Revolución municipality.
In recent years, a growing number of parents of children suffering from different diseases have been forced to resort to social networks to resolve all types of medications and medical supplies.
In this case, etoposide, also known as VP-16, is used as a medication to treat some types of cancer due to its ability to inhibit the multiplication of tumor cells. Among its uses are small cell lung cancer; acute myelocytic leukemia, non-Hodgkin lymphomas and mycosis fungoides.
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