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Subject:
Writing placebo prescriptions
Category: Health > Medicine Asked by: drzander-ga List Price: $25.00 |
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13 Jan 2004 02:14 PST
Expires: 12 Feb 2004 02:14 PST Question ID: 295863 |
How do you write a prescription for a placebo of a drug like "atavan"? What does the script look like? And, is there any indication or writing on the label on the bottle that tells the pharmacist it's a placebo? |
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Re: Writing placebo prescriptions
From: blazius-ga on 13 Jan 2004 02:49 PST |
The legislation regarding placebo prescription will very between different countries. Placebo will only be prescribed to people who knowingly participate in an experiment. In most countries, it would be illegal for a pharmacist to sell a medication bottle containing anything else than what it is supposed to contain. |
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Re: Writing placebo prescriptions
From: surgeon-ga on 13 Jan 2004 10:47 PST |
It would not occur that a prescription would be written for a particular drug, but placebo would be given instead. If the label indicated a drug by name or chemical content, then if it isn't what it says, a crime has been committed. If you mean "generic" instead of "placebo," which means the same chemical but not the name-brand, that happens all the time and is ok; the doctor indicates in some way that generic is ok, either by writing it or checking a box. If one really wants to give a placebo (a sugar pill that has no chemical effect) then in general the patient must be aware that he/she may be getting it as part of some sort of study. It used to be that one might write a prescription for "obecalp" which is placebo spelled backward, and a pharmacist might go along. |
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Re: Writing placebo prescriptions
From: drzander-ga on 14 Jan 2004 00:35 PST |
If you are given a placebo is it usually in the form of a sugar pill? Does it vary? And does it taste like sugar? |
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Re: Writing placebo prescriptions
From: pinkfreud-ga on 14 Jan 2004 00:48 PST |
>> If you are given a placebo is it usually in the form of a sugar pill? >> Does it vary? And does it taste like sugar? Sometimes lactose (also known as "milk sugar") is used as a placebo. Lactose does have a somewhat sweet taste, but in compressed tablet or capsule form the taste is not noticeable. |
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