Mark,
>It's happening because overdose with aspirin or paracetamol
>accounts for up to 45 000 hospital admissions and 200 deaths
>each year - a serious health problem by any standards.
How many from aspirin 75mg?
Any forecasts on the increase in deaths and hospital admissions from stroke
or MI as aspirin 75mg availability is reduced?
If there is not a significant reduction in hospital admittance/death from
overdose will GP prescribing be curtailed in the future? ;)
Regards
Regards
Jeff Green
Community Locum and Consultant Pharmacist
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