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Trefor
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask]
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Declan Fox
> Sent: 02 September 1998 16:53
> To: INTERNET:[log in to unmask]
> Cc: INTERNET:[log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Ethics and militancy (was: monitoring in practice)
>
>
> <<
> Not even to supply pain-killers for the... erm... pain?
> (Strong ones, natch, not like wot you can buy on your
> own from the chemist)>>
>
> Well when I had the worst of my two abscesses I found that 150mg
> of Codeine
> in 90 minutes made no impression at all on the pain, Made me sick
> was all.
> Had I known how to use IV Morphine as well then as I later did I would
> have given myself a shot----I didn't because I was on call, single handed
> practice, terrified of conking out fast asleep if I got the
> dose slightly
> wrong.
> When I had the second abscess it wasn't as bad but I still found that 60mg
> Codeine only dulled it a bit.
> Now I don't know about the rest of you but I would be a bit unhappy about
> giving someone heavy stuff for a condition I don't know how to manage
> properly and indeed may not be able to diagnose correctly. I'm no coward
> but I do know my limitations and most of the dental calls I got at night
> were from patients who hadn't even tried to find a dentist---so I
> certainly
> would not mess around treating them when they hadn't bothered
> trying to get
> appropriate help themselves.
> Declan
>
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