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From: George Chriss [mailto:GChriss@psu.edu]
Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 12:00 PM
To: 'English Wikipedia'
Subject: [WikiEN-l] Rx Dosage Instructions in Wikipedia
Hi all,
Is there a substantive reason that we provide dosage information on prescription drugs? I
generally remove the following sections on sight:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diazepam#Dosagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr…
Even with a general site disclaimer, the above information may be non-encyclopedic.
Wikipedia is not a how-to guide, a doctor, a pharmacist, a drug buddy, the FDA, or an
informational insert packaged with prescription drugs. Wikipedia is simply a bad place to
get medical advice. A section done well,
however:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LSD#Dosage
Please let me know what you think, or any links to pre-existing discussion.
Thanks, George
en: [[User:GChriss]]
I think such information varies considerably in usefulness. In the case of Niacin, which
is readily available, but quite dangerous in the quantities used in prescriptions, I think
some information would be useful. This sort of information is inherently dangerous when we
don't have rigorous fact checking and tight control over revisions. It seems that
"The usual dose is..." would often be helpful, as would such drug interactions
as Paracetamol (Acetaminophen) with alcohol.
Fred