Tag: ANSM
Cold treatment: watch out for vasoconstrictors
News Posted on 20/12/2021 at 11:27 a.m., Reading 2 mins. The ANSM recalls that vasoconstrictor drugs, often available without a prescription to treat cold symptoms, expose you to the risk…
Pregnancy and drugs: ANSM alert
News Published on 02/06/2021 at 08:58update on 21/10/2021 at 06:58 Reading 2 mins. Agatha Thine Journalist – Head of Pregnancy, Baby, Family, Alternative Medicine sections The National Medicines Safety Agency…
Therapeutic cannabis: towards the establishment of a French production sector
News Published 21m ago, Reading 2 mins. While experimentation with therapeutic cannabis is underway in France, a scientific committee has just been set up by the drug safety agency for…
Philips respirators: ANSM requires their replacement due to a “potential carcinogenic risk”
News Published 11m ago, Reading 2 mins. The National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products wants to force Philips to speed up the replacement of defective and…
The ANSM suspends the sale of injectable products against obesity on the internet
News Published on 16/12/2021 at 12:00 p.m., Reading 2 mins. The Medicines Agency has suspended the marketing and use of injectable products supposed to destroy fat to fight against obesity.…
Covid-19: some ineffective treatments against Omicron
News Posted the 01/06/2022 at 11:35 am, 2 min read The ANSM has decided to limit the use of certain curative and prophylactic drugs against Covid-19 to infections by the…
High blood pressure: recall of losartan-based medicines
News Posted the 11/05/2021 at 11:03 am, update the 11/05/2021 at 11:03 am 1 min read The National Medicines Safety Agency (ANSM) announced that an impurity had been found in…
Common cold: “the use of vasoconstrictors exposes you to risks”, warns the ANSM
A vasoconstrictor is a drug sold in pharmacies for colds. It is used to unclog the nose. The ANSM would like to point out that their use is not trivial.…
Recall of lots of Alprazolam (Xanax)
News Posted the 20/10/2021 at 11:30 am, update the 20/10/2021 at 11:30 am 1 min read In a press release, the National Medicines Safety Agency explains that it is recalling…
Psychotropic drugs: phenibut now banned because of “serious risks” to health
News Published on 09/22/2020 1 min read Dependence, psychiatric disorders, even comas: faced with an increase in the number of intoxications with phenibut, a synthetic psychotropic drug, the ANSM has…