My replies below
Subject: Herbal on fp10 ?
>mother of patient with folliculitis asks for a specific 'herbal
>product' on fp10.
>Pts mother has purchsed some circa 30ukp per month 'and it works'.
>Would you as a GP prescribe it on FP10
No definitely not.
>if not why not
It is not 'approved for use in NHS', budgets are finite, have to set
boundaries, if this herbal product why not a 1000 others, etc sorry.
>what would you tell the mother
The same, sorry.
>what would your health authority advise you to do ?
The same I expect
Roger Leary. GP, Surrey.
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