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"These are active drugs, not candy or sugar." Invited mid-day diary of Europe 1 Thursday, Dr. Jean-Paul Ortiz reacted to the desire of the Agency for Medicines (ANSM) to stop open access in pharmacies with aspirin, paracetamol and ibuprofen to limit the risks associated with the misuse of these over-the-counter products. In practice, these drugs could be, from January 2020, placed behind the counter of your pharmacist.
"It is important to avoid use drifts, and that there is a minimum of awareness by putting them behind the counter is an excellent thing," said the president of the Confederation of French medical unions. "We are in front of common drugs, some are toxic to the liver like paracetamol, others are for the kidneys like ibuprofen," says the specialist. Not to mention that the dosage should be adapted to the patient: "It should not be given to the pregnant woman for example, and the doses are different for children".
A gesture of deliverance that allows an awareness
While Esther, pharmacist, denounced this Thursday morning on Europe 1 "complacency" of doctors with respect to their prescriptions and their "lack of education", Jean-Paul Ortiz puts forward the role of pharmacists in the Risk prevention. "All health professionals have a role to play, especially pharmacists, because they sell these drugs.By putting them behind the counter, there is a gesture of release, including the number of boxes, and necessarily, it allows create a mechanism that will raise awareness of their use ".