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The magazine "Prescriber" publishes its "blacklist" for 2026 of drugs "to be ruled out", alerting 108 treatments considered more dangerous than useful, several of which are very common in France.
Taking a drug does not always mean getting better. Every year, the independent medical journal Prescrire publishes its list of treatments to be banned, intended to guide patients and healthcare professionals. The edition 2026 reveals this week four new molecules, all considered to be potentially more harmful than useful. Their common point: undesirable effects deemed disproportionate in terms of their effectiveness. This ranking does not have an…
It is not because a drug is on the over-the-counter that it is safe, and Prescrire would like to repeat it! At the beginning of December 2025, this independent medical journal published its blacklist of medicines on the adverse benefit-risk balance available on the French market. And again this year, some widely used pharmaceutical products are pointed out. In all, the 2026 edition of Prescrire warns against 108 medicines "to be ruled out", 89 o…
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