Question 7416 — pharmacy and medications

Summary

Ms. Dieynaba Diop draws the attention of the Minister to the Minister of Labor, Health, Solidarity and Families, responsible for health and access to care, to the persistent shortage of psychotropic medications currently affecting France. For several months, health professionals and patients alike have been warning of growing supply tensions regarding several molecules essential to the treatment of burden of psychiatric disorders, notably quetiapine, lithium, sertraline and even venlafaxine. Since January 1, 2025, the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products (ANSM) has reported fourteen cases of tensions or stock shortages concerning psychotropic medications. These shortages have particularly serious consequences for patients with mental disorders, jeopardizing the continuity of care, stability of treatment and, in certain cases, the very safety of the people concerned. They also generate great concern among caregivers and families, forced to juggle alternative solutions that are sometimes unsuitable or unavailable locally. While psychiatric pathologies are constantly increasing, mental health needs continue to grow, Government had made it a major national cause, this situation reveals a worrying vulnerability of the French system of supply of essential medicines. Consequently, she asks what measures the Government intends to implement to guarantee long-term access to the psychotropic treatments necessary for patients, secure the supply chain and production of these medicines and improve the transparency on the status of stocks and the deadlines for restoring supplies.

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