False EconomiesSometimes the cheapest option isn't the right one. I fondly remember my neighbours going to a well-known catalogue-based store and buying the cheapest lawnmower they stocked. How we laughed as they realised it had non-rotating wheels and died when presented with grass. Tell us about times you or others have been let down by being a cheapskate.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Tue 24 Jun 2014, 12:42)
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Absolutely.The pharmacy profession has made great strides in recent years to be more patient-centric, with (I think) some success.
I would slightly disagree about punters' understanding - as I just mentioned up there, in my experience most people who get regular prescription medication understand and are fine with it. The generic name is what's on the prescription, their repeat prescription request form and the pharmacy label.
But yes, medical professions (all of them) still have a long way to go to explain things adequately to patients. And thank fuck it's still illegal (in this country, anyway) for drug companies to advertise prescription-only drugs directly to the public. Although they've been pushing at the edges of that bit of legislation whenever they can ("does your willy not work? Speak to your GP. THIS IMPARTIAL HEALTH INFORMATION MESSAGE BROUGHT TO YOU BY LILLY, WHO MAKE CIALIS").
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