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From: GP-UK [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Julian Bradley
Sent: 04 March 2004 20:19
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Subject: Re: GMC and Drug Addiction
At 16:50 04/03/04, you wrote:
>I tend not to read these things but on doing so I am surprised to see the
>range and amount of prescribing going on. Without direct reference to the
>case, do people take these amounts of drugs elsewhere, am I just an
>innocent? Basically if people take heroin they get either methadone or
>subutex from me, and not a lot else drug wise...
>
>--
>Tim Walter
>http://www.falklandsurgery.co.uk
Last time I reviewed the literature 3 or 4 years ago, prescribing by a GP
such as that described would be grossly atypical and in my view not
supportable.
Specialist clinics are of course there to provide specialist care.
Anonymity until proven looks long overdue.
Julian
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