Tag: medications
How to treat cold symptoms without risky medications?
News Published on 06/11/2023 at 4:46 p.m. Updated 06/11/2023 at 4:46 p.m. Reading 2 min. in collaboration with Dr Gérald Kierzek (Medical Director of Doctissimo) The first colds of winter…
Dangerous, these cold medications are not recommended
Sold without a prescription, cold medications are not recommended in October 2023 by the Medicines Agency due to a risk of cardiovascular accidents. You can buy them without prescription in…
Cold: these medications, now strongly discouraged, can cause heart attacks and strokes
News Published on 10/23/2023 at 12:06 p.m. Updated 10/23/2023 at 12:06 p.m. Reading 2 min. This Monday, October 23, the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products…
Cold: heart attacks and strokes can occur after taking these medications
Sold without a prescription, these cold medications are now not recommended by the Medicines Agency due to a risk of cardiovascular accidents. You can buy them without prescription in all…
From blocked nose to stroke? Why are anti-cold medications strongly discouraged?
Anti-cold medications are no longer offered in French pharmacies and the national medicines safety agency recommends abandoning these tablets because they are too dangerous. The cold season has started and…
The French are increasingly turning to over-the-counter medications
News Published on 05/19/2023 at 2:15 p.m. Updated 05/19/2023 at 2:15 p.m. Reading 2 min. in collaboration with Dr Gérald Kierzek (Medical Director of Doctissimo) For reasons of cost and…
Seasonal allergies: be careful with over-the-counter medications, not all of them are effective!
Are your seasonal allergies making you suffer? Before raiding the “non-prescription” section of the pharmacy, here are some tips from 60 million consumers. According to Inserm, between 15% and 20%…
Essential in winter, these 4 medications could be out of stock
The Medicines Agency announces a plan to limit supply tensions on essential medicines this winter. Reinforced monitoring will concern four types of medications in particular. We paid little attention to…
what medications are affected?
The government wants to reduce antibiotic consumption and shortages. To do this, it plans to make the delivery of antibiotics conditional on the completion of a screening test in pharmacies…
Stomach pain: which over-the-counter medications can you choose?
News Published on 08/27/2023 at 09:06 Updated 08/27/2023 at 09:06 Reading 2 mins. in collaboration with Dr Gérald Kierzek (Medical Director of Doctissimo) Very unpleasant and can be disabling, abdominal…