A good reflection among the French. According to a new BVA study for the Clamed Association, 82% of those questioned say they report that their medications are not used in the pharmacy at least once a year.
Among these French, 68% of them separate cardboard cases and drug warnings for selective classification. The first motivation is ecological since 60% of the French who declare to deposit their drugs in pharmacies at least once a year respond to do so “to avoid soil and water pollution.”
Decreased medication boxes
“The safety of health at home to prevent accidental intakes of medicines by children or the risk of confusion of medications by the elderly is now the second motivation,” says Cylamed Cylamed that collects and values the unused medications reported in pharmacies to remove them safely.
This gesture of EcoCitoyen continues to develop since the unused drug collection rate now reaches 77% of unused medicines held by French households in 2024 against 71% in 2023. In total, 7,675 tons of drugs were collected by pharmacies last year, less than two boxes of unused Pers and per year.
The pharmacy (45 %) and television (32 %) are the main information vectors for the French with respect to drug classification. At the same time, sales of units in the city’s medication boxes have been approximately 1% per year for 20 years. For the association, these figures testify to the “more rational” use of medicines by patients.
BVA Barometer online, produced from February 28 to March 14, 2025 with 2,361 people, representatives of the French population.
Source: BFM TV
