Most of the time, you do not have to pay for prescription drugs (provided you have your carte vitale). READ ALSOWe asked some French people if they believed the Sécurité Sociale promoted the high consumption of medication. According to the President of the Fédération des Médecins de France (the French doctors' union), Dr Jean-Paul Hamon, French people being able to store prescription drugs like canned goods does not come from practitioners over-prescribing. According to the Agence Nationale de Sécurite du Médicament - National Agency for Medication Safety, French consumption dropped by more than 11 percent since the beginning of the campaign. French vocabSécurite Sociale, often shortened to Sécu - Social Securitymutuelle - mutual fundautomédication - self-medicationmédicament vendu sans ordonnance - over-the-counter drug / medication sold without prescriptionparapharmacie - like a pharmacy, but it only sells over the counter products, not prescription medication.

Source: The Local September 27, 2019 13:18 UTC