2023-09-20 11:19:37
The delivery of drugs to the unit will be made compulsory for certain antibiotics in supply shortage. This measure is intended to combat shortages and antibiotic resistance, a source close to the matter told AFP on Wednesday.
“There is no rationing. The idea is to make the distribution of drugs to the unit compulsory when there is tension. But not all, only certain antibiotics“, this source indicated on Wednesday, as the presentation of the 2024 social security financing bill approaches. “There is also an interest in fighting antibiotic resistance in this way“, she added.
This decision might also help reduce waste by delivering the exact number of tablets prescribed, in a country where the consumption of antibiotics remains among the highest in Europe and which was faced last winter with shortages of amoxicillin, a antibiotic commonly used in certain bacterial infections.
This project leaves pharmacists perplexed: they wonder regarding the practical arrangements and point out a traceability problem.
“Cutting the blisters (packaging shells, editor’s note) is not the right answer. In terms of lot number traceability, it’s a real hassle“, estimated last week the president of the union of community pharmacists’ unions (Uspo).
According to the pharmaceutical laboratory lobby (Leem), “there is no consensus on single delivery from an industrial point of view”.
The government also wants to allow patients to obtain a diagnosis in pharmacies in the event of suspicion of tonsillitis or cystitis and then possible treatment without a prescription if the diagnostic aid test (Trod) turns out to be positive.
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