In message <[log in to unmask]>, Paul J Scott
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>The story so far..............
>
>The pharmacist locks the patient into one pharmacy (likely to be a large
>high tech national group, not my local rural chemist).
>
>Repeat prescriptions are generated regardless of whether the patient
>asks for them. OK for Ramipril, potentially big profits for PRN drugs
>that the patient doesn't need automatically each month.
>
>The pharmaceutical companies can buy into a database detailing
>individual doctors prescribing habits.
>
>I am sure there must be a downside to this somewhere. Perhaps someone
>can let me know.
Mightn't it be easier to *try* to find an upside?
Mary
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