French medicines by their Russian trade names

If you know a medicine by its Russian trade name, this list gives the French match: the same brand or a medicine with the same active ingredient. Each page shows the forms and strengths from the official BDPM database, a price guide and answers to common questions.

Medicines missing from Russian pharmacies: French equivalents →

Medicines not sold in France and what exists instead →

Medicines often missing from Russian pharmacies

These are the medicines most often searched for as “gone from pharmacies”.

GLP-1 receptor agonists

Medicines for type 2 diabetes and weight management. Stored at 2–8 °C.

Insulins

Basal and short-acting insulins. Stored at 2–8 °C.

Heart, vessels and blood

Antihypertensives, anticoagulants, statins and venotonics; many are known in Russia under other names.

Digestion

Adsorbents, laxatives, antacids, antispasmodics and enzymes.

Neurology and psychiatry

Antiepileptics, antidepressants, antipsychotics and medicines for Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease. All prescription-only.

Diabetes, thyroid and weight

Medicines for type 2 diabetes, thyroid disease and obesity.

Women’s health

Progesterone, estradiol, dydrogesterone and vaginal forms.

Pain, joints, colds and ENT

Paracetamol, cold remedies, NSAIDs, chondroprotectors and ear drops.

This is reference information, not advertising or an offer to sell, and it does not replace a doctor’s advice. Source: BDPM, the official French medicines database (ANSM).