Declan,
I once remember a days locum at which there where endless prescriptions for
amoxycillin, then just as the surgery ended the GP came in for some Magnapen
for himself.
Regards
Jeff
Jeff Green
-Community Locum and Consultant Pharmacist-
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask]
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Declan Fox
> Sent: 19 April 1998 20:33
> To: INTERNET:[log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Branded drugs
>
>
> <<I had a long retired senior partner once who used to start taking this
> drug
> at the first signs of a cold and of course I would never dream of
> doing the
> same>>
> Anyone who comes NEAR me with an antibiotic (or even suggestion that I
> might consider such) for my cold, sore throat, cough or flu is lucky to
> escape from my presence in one piece. I used let my patients away with
> murder when I think of it! why on earth give a poor old snotty-nosed
> patient stuff you wouldn't take yourself in the first place?
> I know this is not really what this thread is all about but it's close.
> Declan
>
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