In article <[log in to unmask]>, Bill Beeby
<[log in to unmask]> writes
or somebody wrote
>
>how could we help the junior drs prescribe better ???????
>
>Apply EBM to the prescribing of co-proxamol?
>
>For as many years as I can remember, this preparation has been tried and
>found wanting - yet still it seems to be the mainstay of hospital based
>discharge analgesia. For those who enjoy its mind altering side effects,
>it is very difficult to wean them off, especially as "the hospital
>prescribed them"
>
I think the fact that the main competitor to this drug is OTC
contributes to the mystique of and demand for 'my Distagesics, doctor'
This phenomenum is incredibly robust - not even assailable by the 'ah,
but I'm prescibing you the stonger cocodamol that you cant just go and
buy'
I never, ever, ever, ever prescibe coprox - oh, unless I'm in our
cottage hospital where it is the only analgesic the community trust
pharmacy put in the drugs cupboard. So in this instance this is
probably pharmacy led prescribing.
Cheers :)
--
Jelly Bean
'When you get fed up surfing....
.....go find some waves'
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