> Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 17:53:57 -0500
> Subject: Re: New PCAP contracts
> From: Iain Kewley <[log in to unmask]>
> To: "internet:[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Chris,
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>
> > it is cheaper to try them all on triple therapy.
> >
> not if they still need just as much treatment as before.
>
>
> But isn't it cheaper to treat all than test them - irrespective of whether
> they return to their old regime?
>
> Iain
>
Hmmm...I seem to remember a similar argument for antibiotics and sore
throats;-)
Seriously, if symptoms are bad enough to warrant suspicion of a
peptic ulcer, shouldn't endoscopy be performed anyway to exclude more
serious pathology?
Dr David J Plews
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