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- Title
Demand, appropriateness and prescribing of 'lifestyle drugs': a consultation survey in general practice.
- Authors
Ashworth, Mark; Clement, Sarah; Wright, Mark
- Abstract
The simultaneous launch of orlistat and sildenafil in 1998 provoked much media attention, particularly around the role of lifestyle drugs and their potential costs if controls were not established. Fears were also expressed that primary care would be overwhelmed by demand, and little information was available about the attitude of GPs to their new role as prescribers of lifestlye drugs. Partly in response to these concerns, tight prescribing guidelines and licensed indications, for sildenafil and orlistat, respectively, were issued.
- Publication
Family practice, 2002, Vol 19, Issue 3, p236
- ISSN
0263-2136
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/fampra/19.3.236