• Doli État Grippal° powder for oral solution in sachets (paracetamol + pheniramine + vitamin C) Sanofi Aventis (Rev Prescrire n° 375)
"Doli"  is printed in large, bold characters on the box, as it is on the boxes of all the products of the Doli° umbrella brand. This can lead to confusion between the products, some of which contain different active ingredients, such as the dangerous vasoconstrictor pseudoephedrine. The INNs paracetamol and pheniramine are much less obvious than "Doli".

• Antalcalm° medicated plasters (diclofenac) Pierre Fabre Médicament
(Rev Prescrire n° 383) • Asproflash° tablets (acetylsalicylic acid) Bayer Healthcare (Consumer Care division) (Rev Prescrire n° 381) • Opalgyne° vaginal solution (benzydamine) Innotech International (Rev Prescrire n° 375)
The patient leaflets of these products contain insufficient information about the harms of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) during pregnancy. They fail to warn patients about concerns that NSAIDs may provoke spontaneous abortion and malformations when taken during the first trimester of pregnancy, or about the sometimes irreversible renal
damage or pulmonary arterial hypertension reported in children following exposure to an NSAID during the second trimester. These leaflets only state that the product concerned is contraindicated from the sixth or seventh month of pregnancy. It would be better to avoid NSAIDs throughout pregnancy until their use before the sixth month of pregnancy has
been proven harmless.

• Colpotrophine° vaginal cream and capsules (promestriene) Teva Santé
(Rev Prescrire n° 383) • Gydrelle° vaginal cream (estriol) Iprad Pharma
(Rev Prescrire n° 383) • Physiogine° vaginal cream and pessaries (estriol) H.A.C. Pharma (Rev Prescrire n° 383) • Trophicrème° vaginal cream (estriol) Sanofi Aventis
(Rev Prescrire n° 383)
The patient leaflets of these products contain insufficient information about the long-term harms of vaginal oestrogens, which are identical in nature to those of oral oestrogen therapy: arterial and venous thrombosis, as well as breast and endometrial cancer.

• Vaccin BCG SSI° powder and solvent for suspension for injection (BCG) Sanofi Pasteur MSD (Rev Prescrire n° 385)
The vial contains 10 to 20 doses of the vaccine and the graduation scale on the syringe supplied in the box corresponds to 10 to 20 times the recommended dose. These flaws are liable to cause overdoses and adverse effects. This product already received a Prescrire Red Card in 2007. Its packaging has not been improved and serious errors continue
to occur.

• Venlafaxine Abbott° sustained-release tablets (venlafaxine) Mylan Medical (Rev Prescrire n° 379)
This antidepressant (with an unfavourable harm-benefit balance) is taken once a day, yet the dosing schedule on the box shows 3 boxes, labelled "morning", "midday" and "evening". The confusion this is likely to cause could result in overdoses and more, or more severe, adverse effects.

• Diacomit° hard capsules and powder for oral suspension in sachets (stiripentol) Biocodex (Rev Prescrire n° 384) • Votubia° dispersible tablets (everolimus) Novartis Pharma (Rev Prescrire n° 378)
Neither the pharmaceutical forms nor the packaging of these products is suitable for preparation of the recommended paediatric doses, which could lead to confusion, wrong-dose errors and adverse effects.

• Cometriq° 20 mg and 80 mg hard capsules (cabozantinib) Swedish Orphan Biovitrum (Prescrire Int n° 167)
The complexity of the packaging of this cancer drug is liable to cause confusion and dose preparation errors: the doses prescribed are 140 mg, 100 mg or 60 mg, while the dose strengths available are 20 mg or a mixture of 20 mg and 80 mg capsules. The labelling on the boxes does not help clarify the situation.

• Atarax° syrup (hydroxyzine) UCB Pharma (Rev Prescrire n° 385) • Diacomit° hard capsules (stiripentol) Biocodex (Rev Prescrire n° 384) • Normison° tablets (temazepam) Primius (Rev Prescrire n° 377) • Simbrinza° eye drops (brimonidine + brinzolamide) Alcon (Rev Prescrire n° 381)
None of the bottles used for these products has a child-proof cap. Children could therefore ingest their contents, with potentially serious consequences.

• Monosept° eye drops in single-dose containers (cethexonium bromide) Horus Pharma (Rev Prescrire n° 376)
The INN is not displayed on the single-dose containers.

• Zovirax° 200 mg/5 ml oral suspension (aciclovir) GlaxoSmithKline (Rev Prescrire n° 386)
The new dosing device (a double-ended measuring spoon, one end for measuring 2.5 ml and the other 5 ml) is unsuitable and could cause wrong-dose errors, given that the recommended dose is 5 ml or 10 ml.

• Ribavox° tablets (ribavirin) Bioprojet Pharma (Rev Prescrire n° 386)
The boxes and bottles are covered with fanciful graphics (a tablet depicted as a rocket, clouds and the sun) that increase the resemblance between the three dose strengths and could lead to confusion when dispensing them or preparing doses.