At 13:06 on 4/8/96, David Jobson wrote:
> Sachit Shah Asks
>
> SS>I have just seen an advertisement (intended for the general public) here =
> SS>in British Columbia that Famotidine (Pepcid) is going to available as an =
> SS>OTC medication.
>
During a recent visit to the USA I could see a lot of OTC-drugs.
Lots and lots of paracetamols. (and stories about children needing to have
livertransplants)
Zantac free in suboptimal dosages!
And most terrifying: Isoprenaline spays against astma, without any proper
directions that anti-inflammatory drugs (Predisone) are much better as
primary treatment.
Gerard Freriks,huisarts, MD
C. Sterrenburgstr 54
3151JG Hoek van Holland
the Netherlands (31) 174-384296/ Fax: -386249
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