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Prescription Conflicts by Irish Doctors

  • 19-07-2022 7:07pm
    #1
    stainluss
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 867 ✭✭✭


    I know the US has serious issues with conflicts of interest when it comes to prescribing certain medications; does such a problem exist in Ireland?

    The reason I'm asking is - my GP had me on an oral antibiotic (By-Mycin) for a period of many months, perhaps even years during my teens to see if it would help my very mild acne. He brought it up when I went in for an entirely different complaint. I always wondered why 😕



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  • #2
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,186 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Bymycin (doxycycline) is a very old (1967), long off patent drug. Claims of kickbacks for prescribing are pretty much always on new, expensive, patented drugs.



  • #3
    GoogleBot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 433 ✭✭GoogleBot


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058255239/prescription-conflicts-by-irish-doctors

    GPs in Ireland normally wouldn't prescribe or prescribe antibiotics for prolong period of time due to variety of side effects.

    https://www.vitalskinderm.com/blog/5-types-of-food-that-cause-acne/




  • #4
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,669 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    Bymycin usually prescribed for 3-6 month periods by GP's for acne.

    Kick-backs for GP's and Consultants in Ireland pretty much non existent.



  • #5
    Breezer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,230 ✭✭✭Breezer


    GPs are specifically trained to bring things up that are relevant to a patient’s healthcare, but that the patient mightn’t have thought about, or may be too embarrassed to bring up, etc.

    As others have said, kick backs for prescribing drugs pretty much don’t exist here, and definitely not for doxycycline (Bymycin).



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