The Ministry of Health has announced that & nbsp; midazolam, a powerful sedative previously reserved for hospital use, will be available within 4 months outside the hospital environment. A decision that comes a few hours after the request of the High Health Authority (HAS) to the State to make more easily accessible the drugs used to relieve people at the end of life. & Nbsp; & nbsp;
The Ministry of Health has announced that midazolam, a powerful sedative hitherto reserved for hospital use, will be available within 4 months outside the hospital environment. A decision that comes a few hours after the request of the High Health Authority (HAS) to the State to make more easily accessible drugs used to relieve people at the end of life. Midazolam, a potent sedative previously reserved for hospital use, will be available within four months in city pharmacies for "doctors who care for end-of-life patients at home", announced on Monday Ministry of Health.
To allow its dispensation, the Medicines Agency (ANSM) "will modify its marketing authorization," the ministry said in a statement. The High Authority for Health had published Monday morning a recommendation in this direction, because if the law authorizes in theory "deep and continuous sedation" at home, the treatments used to implement it are today very difficult to access outside of the hospital.
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