went to an MDU lecture recently. Medico-lawyer said if you prescribe a drug
you are not wholely confident you have sufficient knowledge about and
something happens, you will have immense trouble defending a claim. The law is
quite specific: your signature on the script, your responsibility. Innumerable
law cases have confirmed this.
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From: [log in to unmask] on behalf of allan harris
Sent: 05 April 1998 22:13
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Dumping
Patient comes to see me for review of Parkinsonian medication. On
Cabergoline, increasing dose to max 6mgs daily.
Look up e-BNf, calculated cost of drug as =A316K annually.=20
Q. 1. Why are all new neuro drugs so expensive?
2. Our drug budget savaged this year, no allowance for new drugs?
Should I tell the hospital to prescribe it?
I reckon that I have had scripts for 6 patients from hospital in last 6 mon=
ths=20
that come to over 60K. Any wonder my drug costs rise inexorably?
--=20
Allan Harris, GP, Haxby, York YO3 3PH
tel 01904-768666
work 01904-760125, fax 750168
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