Medicines containing pseudoephedrine are now banned over the counter because of their potential danger. However, in Saint-Pierre and Miquelon other drugs of the same type imported from Canada seem to escape this rule.
Since December 11, 2024, the national agency for the safety of medicines and health products has changed the conditions of sale of eight medicines containing pseudoephedrine. Medicines used to relieve cold symptoms, such as Actifed Rhume, Dolirhume or even Rhumex. From now on it will be compulsory to present a prescription at the pharmacy.
Medications prohibited for over-the-counter sale due to their potential danger. Pseudoephedrine could cause heart attacks or strokes. Problem in Saint-Pierre and Miquelon: medicines imported from Canada, containing the same products, continue to be sold over-the-counter in stores. Joseph Dipito, pharmacist on the archipelago judges that this sale of Canadian medicines in certain businesses on the archipelago is a “illegality” for certain health professionals.
We find the same products in Canadian medicines and these are medicines which are well established in Saint-Pierre and Miquelon in non-pharmaceutical circuits.
Joseph Dipito, pharmacist
Canadian medications like Neo Citran Cold or Tylenol contain pseudoephedrine. So why do these drugs continue to be sold? Doubt still hovers over the existence of a prefectural exemption authorizing sales in shops or a simple tolerance. Questioned about this, Hervé Antoine, pharmacist at the hospital center confirms that it is “local decisions“. Canadian medications like Neo Citran Cold or Tylenol contain pseudoephedrine.
Elements of response with Hachime Saïd:
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