“With a prescription for off-label drugs, we leave the collective security zone”
MAINTENANCE - These drug prescriptions outside their official indications must remain infrequent, insists the president of the public health section...
Medications
Pharmacy: unit distribution does not thrill pharmacies
The possibility of delivering the exact number of tablets prescribed by the doctor, and no longer a complete box, would...
Rivers around the world polluted by drugs
DECRYPTION - An unprecedented study reveals the extent of pollution by pharmaceutical residues, which spares no continent. The medicines that...
Covid-19: why Pfizer’s Paxlovid pill won’t benefit everyone at risk
DECRYPTION - Pfizer's drug, supposed to help unclog hospitals, has contraindications for some people. Paxlovid, Pfizer's new anti-covid pill, will...
Lighten the prescription, a medical act that must become commonplace
CASE - "Deprescribing" is barely there, but treatments should be reassessed regularly, especially in elderly patients. Last summer, François' 90-year-old...
Covid-19: A Controversial Antidepressant Study
Fluvoxamine - an antidepressant close to Prozac - would be effective in reducing the risk of hospitalization in patients with...
Medical research: there is often a long way from mice to humans
SURVEY - Researchers regret that too many scientific publications do not specify in their title that they relate to work...
