Ruth typed:
> 2) NOT to prescribe topical chemicals/shampoos
> they don't work, nits have become resistant, are
> being used with frightening regularity in some households,
> and MAY have long term toxic problems.
> Parents who try and insist on a prescription (and we have
> had only one!) are politely but firmly told that they can buy
> the "toxic chemicals" from the chemist, but we are no longer
> happy to prescribe them.
I have been issuing similar advice for a while but was
interested to read an article by some "expert" in something
like Update or Practitioner recently who criticised the
hard-line stance and said that the pesticides certainly
had a place and that, IHNSVHO, some GPs were being overly
strict. IIRC, part of his argument was that people don't
use these lotions and potions properly. They're not
"Shampoo In, Wash Out, Nits Gone".
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