This piece as I write fills me with deep anguish. This is primarilly in response to some drugs which are sold without the physician’s prescribe. Some of the drugs which are supposed to be sold exclusively on the basis of the doctor’s prescription, are sometimes sold in the counter over the arm.
Well, yours truly, does agree that it sometimes saves the patient from unnecessary harassment for drug for a fever or a cold, but some drugs have to be sold after verifying the prescription. A wonderful case in point is a friend’s who has got himself addicted to sleep.
The reason is this that the guys sold the sedatives on face value and just did what isnt supposed to be done! The poor guy G goes to the chemist and gets 3 strips (3 x10 tablets) of a high power sedative and consumes them in a quick succession on reaching home. Next up he sleeps for GOD-KNOWS-HOW-MANY-HOURS at a stretch.
If only!
