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."
3 Comments:
Talk about driving the point home that giving up smoking is hard.
By Anonymous, at 15/12/06 15:22
If I snagged as often as I smoke'd , well the friction would probably cause a fire.
By Revolving Credit, at 15/12/06 15:34
Makes me almost want to take up smoking. Just to quit. Or at least get some of the guys in my life to do so!
By Champagne Heathen, at 21/12/06 13:53
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