PMID: 6407613Jun 11, 1983Paper

Unacceptable face of private practice: prescription of controlled drugs to addicts

British Medical Journal
T H Bewley, A H Ghodse

Abstract

Self administered questionnaires completed by 69 out of 100 consecutive drug addicts attending two drug dependence clinics suggested that some private general practitioners were easily persuaded to prescribe controlled drugs. These drugs were usually methadone, dipipanone-cyclizine (Diconal), and methylphenidate (Ritalin). Numbers of new narcotic addicts notified to the Home Office confirmed the practice, which may lead to a severe spread of addiction, as occurred in the 1960s with heroin and cocaine. If the General Medical Council or a tribunal set up in accordance with the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 cannot stop the practice, then the present licensing system should be extended to include all controlled drugs.

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Nov 6, 1971·British Medical Journal·S Bradshaw
Mar 19, 1983·Lancet·A H Ghodse
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Jun 1, 1980·British Journal of Addiction·S B Sells, D D Simpson
Sep 1, 1981·Archives of General Psychiatry·W H McGlothlin, M D Anglin
Aug 16, 1980·British Medical Journal·T H Bewley
Dec 24, 1960·Lancet·I M FRANKAU, P M STANWELL

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Jan 1, 1992·Drug and Alcohol Review·J R Caplehorn
Sep 24, 1983·British Medical Journal·A Burr
May 27, 1995·BMJ : British Medical Journal·E Parameshwar
Oct 1, 1991·British Journal of Addiction·A Johns

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