The consultation lasted only two minutes and thirty seconds, watch in hand.
During the teleconsultation booked on Doctolib, a general practitioner to whom we claimed back pain gave us a prescription for Tramadol, a painkiller used by certain people for its properties similar to those of narcotics.
Typical example of the misuse of pharmaceutical products, which the National Medicines Safety Agency (ANSM) and pharmacists want to combat.
When do we talk about misuse?
“This corresponds to inappropriate and harmful use of a medication for the patient,” says the general director of the ANSM, Christelle Ratignier-Carbonneil.
The different links in the chain can be the cause.
A patient can, first of all, practice self-medication by deviating from the medical prescription.
According to a survey by the ViaVoice institute carried out in 2021, nearly a third of French people adapt the doses or treatment durations themselves.
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