It was announced, it was official and it has been in effect since Wednesday morning. Several common drugs containing paracetamol, such as doliprane, advil or aspirin are no longer self-service in pharmacies in France and Navarre. From now on, you will have to go through the counter to ask for them.
Why such a measure? To prevent the risk of overdose, which can be dangerous. The maximum is 3 or 4 grams per day, and again, it all depends on your own weight. According to the responsible health authorities, this measure also aims to make the taking of this type of medication less automatic, which is frequently found everywhere. Their use is not trivial.
Before long the mark “overdose = danger” should be affixed on the boxes of these drugs. Le Parisien recalls that in 2017 a woman, Naomie Mussenga, died of an overdose of paracetamol. Despite her calls to Samu, she had not been taken seriously, due to the "Mediterranean syndrome." "
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