[Steve G]

why give an easy-breathe inhaler (I assume you mean the Salamol easy-breathe, which is breath actuated) to some one who can hardly inhale? Breath-actuated inhalers require an inspiratory effort to use, so would have made more sense to give a ventolin if you had any.

You can do an E/S of any drug, apart from sch 2 or 3 CDs (only exception is phenobarbitone for epilepsy). chloramphenicol ointment is a P now, so don't know why an E/S would be done, unless the GP requested it.