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Ah, exam technique and reading the question. Carbimazole not carbamazepine :-) Piers > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Sargent [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: 06 March 2007 15:10 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Saturday Morning > > Ask student "How many fits do you want him to have over the weekend?" > > Sorry - this sounds rude - did he pass exam? > > Interactions between paracetamol and carbamazepine are? (sorry It's been > a > while since I did pharmacy.) > > Tom > > > > I was working with my (still) unregistered doctor and a third year > pharmacy student. > The student had just completed his clinical pharmacy exams - so it > having been a long > time since I was a student asked him what they where about. > The example he gave was a setting in which he was presented with a drug > chart showing > carbimazole and a patient complaining of a sore throat. > > "OK" - I said "that's in an exam, but what happens here on a Saturday > morning. So far your > response to the patient with a sore throat has been "Have you tried > Strepsils?" > Assuming that you'd asked some questions and discovered that the patient > was taking > carbimazole what would your advice have been?" > > "To stop taking the carbimazole and see a GP Monday morning." answered > the student. > > My doctor disagreed. > > So over to you for your opinions please. > > TIA > > Jeff