The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 273 No 7330 p881
18/25 December 2004

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· Dispensing
· Levothyroxine
· CAM
· Hangovers
· CPD (2)
· The Society (2)
· The register (5)
· Retention fee (7)

Letters to the Editor

Hangovers

No sympathy

From Dr R. C. Jacob, MRPharmS

I am writing with regard to Pamela Mason’s continuing professional development article (PDF 70K) “Can hangovers be prevented or cured?” (PJ, 4 December, p817). On reading the conclusion I was not a little angry over her assertion that pharmacists should be sympathetic to hangover sufferers. Balderdash and poppycock! Those who drink themselves into such a state deserve everything they get.

Many years ago it was put to me that an “effective hangover cure” was a single 30ml dose of a mixture containing equal parts of Largactil syrup and the supernatant liquid from kaolin and morphine mixture. Is this worthy of inclusion in a CPD portfolio?

Roger Jacob
Orpington, Kent

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