The system of pharmaciesof guard does not carry the adhesion of the French. Quite the contrary. An opinion poll conducted by pharmao.fr, first application for sendingarrangementin pharmacies, shows that the on-call pharmacies closest to their home are as easy to find as a needle in a haystack. More than seven out of ten respondents (77% of women and 67% of men consider the location of on-call pharmacies to be a real headache. Research so complicated that half of the women questioned (and 35% of men) say ” inquire directly with the police or the gendarmerie to obtain the information.
Worse, 55% of the respondents to this survey carried out on a panel of 1,300 people admit to having given up their search for discouragement.
Smartphone geolocation applications
Tools make it possible to compensate for this lack of information among the French on duty pharmacies. In addition to smartphone applications such as pharmao which geolocate the pharmacy closest to home, an audiotel service, the 3237 is available 24 hours a day and gives access to the national network of on-call pharmacies (paying service at 0.35 € per minute).
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