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Date of Publication: July 01, 2005
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20529/IJME.2005.054
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Correspondence
Problems with the availability of narcotic medicines
Vijay Thawani
K J Gharpure
Shyam Shukla
Abstract:
In December 2004, the Maharashtra State Chemists and Druggists Association issued a circular telling their members to keep records of every tablet, injection, capsule and syrup of all psychotropic substances and antidepressants marked as 'Nrx: Much has appeared in the press since then on the non-availability of life-saving medicines without prescriptions. Patients questioned pharmacists' integrity.
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