Pharmacists in Haute-Vienne warn of an increase in false prescriptions

The Federation of Pharmaceutical Unions of France in Haute-Vienne is warning of an increase in false prescriptions in circulation in the department. The co-president, Marion Lemaire ensures, at the microphone of France Bleu Limousin, to detect “two to three cases” per week, and that these diversions may concern “quite a few sensitive drugs” And “particularly in terms of neurological pain”. These drugs are either diverted for their main use, as narcotics for example, particularly painkillers, or they “go to other markets, in France or abroad, the black market for example”explains Marion Lemaire at the microphone of France Bleu Limousin.

According to her, several signs can help detect these frauds, “often the person does not have their Vitale card” and insists on paying directly for the medications prescribed on the prescription. “There are spelling, syntax and dosage errors” and when they look for certain prescribing doctors, “they do not exist”.

“Increasingly difficult to detect these false prescriptions”

However, she notes an improvement in techniques, “it’s increasingly difficult to detect these fake prescriptions,” she warns, and in her department, pharmacists have organized themselves on a WhatsApp group to exchange information. A state of affairs denounced by the co-president of the FSPF, “this vigilance requires a lot of energy from us, we are asked to act as police, which is not the main mission of a pharmacist, without compensation, without remuneration and reward”.