On dinsdag 2 juli 1996 12:53, Mike Wells[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] wrote:
>I have amended the title of this thread slightly.
>I suspect that a response to an open query on GP-UK should be seen as
>being inherently unreliable. I have no way of checking on the
>Mike Wells
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I disagree with Mike. The arthrotec-thread proves that gp-uk as a source of information is very reliable. Where else would you get a answer to a question so fast, and above all, checked by hundreds of colleagues.
Dik Kruyt, MD
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>> Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 00:02:10 +0100
>> To:[log in to unmask]
>> From:[log in to unmask] (Gerard Freriks)
>> Subject:Re: Arthrotec
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>> At 18:45 on 1/7/96, Dr Alan Hassey wrote:
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>> > michael power wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > I have a patient visiting from UK asking for Arthrotec, a trade name not
>> > > > used Down Under. Can anyone tell me its generic name?
>> > >
>> > > indomethacin
>> > >
>> > > michael
>> >
>> > No,,,No,,,No,,,No,,,No!!!
>> >
>> > WRONG!!! This is bad, bad info.
>> >
>> > Arthrotec is a combination of:
>> >
>> > 1. Diclofenac 50mg
>> > 2. Misoprostol 200mcg
>> >
>> > Meant to reduce NSAID induced GI upset & risk of BI bleed.
>> >
>> > dosage 1 tab 2-3 times daily.
>> >
>> > *** There is a real danger to a patient here
>> > & Michael's info is WRONG ***
>> > --
>>
>> Which persons could be held responsable:
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>> The person who gave the wrong information?
>> The persons who read the response with the wrong information and didn't react?
>> The poor fellow which, received the wrong information believing it to be
>> true, and applied his gained (false) knowledge?
>>
>> Lurkers please answer?
>>
>> << end of forwarded material >>
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>> Gerard Freriks,huisarts, MD
>> C. Sterrenburgstr 54
>> 3151JG Hoek van Holland
>> the Netherlands (31) 174-384296/ Fax: -386249
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