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Friday, December 15, 2006

May all your holiday wishes cum true!


Every smoker needs a little encouragement to give up, but some in Glasgow received more than they expected when they registered for a drug to help them.
In a development unlikely to reduce cigarette consumption but almost certain to produce other benefits — at least for male patients — a “computer glitch” led to smokers being mistakenly prescribed Viagra instead of the anti-smoking drug Zyban

There is a chance the pharmacist would spot this, especially if it was a woman who handed in the prescription. But there would be no reason to double-check when a man handed it in."
Another GP said: "These are interesting drugs to get confused. Zyban was developed as an antidepressant and has a curious side-effect in that it reduces many patients’ urge to smoke. Viagra gives the urge to do something quite different."

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