Child poisonings with methadone in France: A 6-year prospective national survey since the availability of capsules in 2008.

Background: Methadone for opiate substitution was available only in syrup formulation prior to 2008. In 2007, the French Health Authorities made solid forms available. A national survey was performed in order to evaluate the modification of child poisonings induced by such a new pharmaceutical formulation.

[Pharmacovigilance and medication errors].

The French national agency for the safety of medicine and healthcare products created in 2005 a Medication Errors Desk which enables health professionals and patients to report directly medication errors without adverse reaction or near misses in addition of reports collected from the Pharmacovigilance System.