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= Tutorial 1 Case 5 =

//A regular, well dressed local customer Lilly requests 3 packs of pseudoephedrine. Each pack has 12 x 60mg tablets. She tells you that her nose is “running like a tap” and her symptoms have not been relieved by phenylephrine tablets or oxymetazoline nasal spray. One pack is for her, and the other two for her mum and dad who also suffer from this terrible nasal problem. Lilly also tells you that she has a paracetamol allergy and really wants to knock her nasal problem “on the head”.//

This wasn't my topic for role play, but i'm interested in this one, seeing it seems like the most likely scenario anyone would encounter in a pharmacy situation. Here's an attachment of a section i grabbed out of the Poisons Act 1933, updated 2007 version, concerning pseudoephedrine sales. So basically, it rules out selling more than 1 packet to the buyer, because you need photo identification to ID the person, which you can't do for the parentals of Lilly and you can only sell 1 box to the buyer. - Xinyi

risks: - illicit use - overuse (pseudoephedrine adverse effect) - wrong drug- mask s/s of a serious problem - 3 packs unjustified (disease self-limiting) benefits - very little considering the risks.disease is likely self-limiting, also alot of alternative meds available eg, saline spray, phenylephedrine

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