This all sounds about right. The original query came from reading a paper
from an American journal which at some point voiced concerns that magistral
prescribing may complicate some measurement. Not so much a problem in the
UK.
Thanks for that Phil + Ahmad
Chris
> I believe this refers back to the days when prescriptions were actually
> compounded to a physician's order as opposed to being counted out of a
> large bottle into a smaller one. Used to do that myself on occasion and
> Dad had his favorites pre-printed and in pigeonholes.
>
> T'would be a brave physician that shipped one of these off to a
> pharmacist today, methinks.
>
and
>
> Am I right in thinking that are still chemist compounders operating in
> the USA? Some are quite large?
>
> Risk
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