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Pharmacies will soon no longer have to provide whole boxes of antibiotics, but rather single tablets. A prospect which does not delight all pharmacists, who will be in greater demand and who point out the limits of this development.
In the future, pharmacists will no longer be able to dispense full boxes of antibiotics, but just the number of tablets prescribed. Concretely, for eight days, eight comitted will be given, and not one more. The remaining tablets will be used by another patient. Pharmacists will be in greater demand. “We put What ? Small bags that we repackage? Do I need to print a notice? It’s a fake good idea“, estimates Béatrice Clairaz-Mahiou, president of the Hauts-de-Seine pharmacists’ union – USPO.
Medicines that cannot be shared
The Federation of Pharmacy Unions also focuses on medications that are not shareable. “It’s a bit of DIY. Last year, we had a severe shortage of antibiotics, Amoxicillin for children, in pediatric form. Gold It turns out to be a bottle of syrup. And this bottle of syrup is indivisible“, indicates Philippe Besset, its president.