France Limits Sale Of OTC Analgesics In Response To Covid-19

France limits OTC sales of paracetamol to one pack per person with no Covid-19 symptoms and two packs for those with pain and/or fever. Online sales of medicines containing paracetamol, ibuprofen and/or aspirin are also now suspended.

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Responding to the growing pressure exerted by the coronavirus on the OTC medicines supply chain, the French medicines agency, ANSM, has taken measures to limit sales of non-prescription analgesics.

“In order to guarantee their availability, from March 18 pharmacists will be able to dispense without prescription only one single pack of paracetamol (500mg or 1g) per patient with no symptoms, or two packs (500mg or 1g)

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