P-to-GSL reclassification

摘要

I wonder to what, if any, extent the reclassification of Canesten Combi to a general sale list medicine may have been a factor in the anecdote regaled by Vincent Tremayne (PJ, 1 /8 January 2010, p9)? Anyone can self-select this product and other potentially more dangerous medicines such as ibuprofen and paracetamol from the shelf of a supermarket, corner shop or petrol garage without the safety net of advice from a pharmacist or pharmacy support staff acting under a pharmacist's supervision.