patients are limited to two boxes of paracetamol in pharmacies

Doliprane, dafalgan and efferalgan, which are paracetamol gothey miss this winter? These drugs, which are among the most sold in France would be increasingly rare in pharmacies. Since Thursday, October 20, their sale has been limited to a maximum of two boxes per patient in pharmacies. This shortage is linked to supply tensions that have lasted for several months.

“We was delivered in a very limited way with deliveries with a lot of missing items, especially paracetamols of all kinds: capsules, effervescents, tablets…“, Explain Elsa Sebbanepharmacist (Paris). The National Medicines Agency advises doctors to prescribe paracetamol at less regular intervals. Instead of four doses every six hours, she recommends three doses, every eight hours. “It is a production problem and it is due to the very high consumption. You should know that we are in the 8th wave of Covid“, details Philippe BessetPresident of the Federation of Pharmaceutical Unions of France.