[WikiEN-l] Docs look to Wikipedia for condition info: Manhattan Research

[Nathan]

On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 1:39 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com>wrote:

> 2009/5/26  <WJhonson at aol.com>:
> >
> > Actually I think providing dosage information would *avoid* much more
> harm
> > than it would cause.
> > Most people use books on drugs to check up on their prescriptions and
> > educate themselves.
> > If the doctors mistakenly prescribed 200mg tablets when the standard
> dosage
> >  is 20mg, then I'm sure you'd want the person to be able to know that.
>
> I would hope the pharmacist that filled the prescription would spot
> something like that. I'm not sure people second guessing their doctors
> will have a net benefit...
>
>
Just as likely that the pharmacist got it wrong, really.