Stuck with Pre-reg NON Calculation Questions?

[emelianenko]

Questions 15 and 16 concern the following medicines:
A 1 pack of 100 Nu-Seals Aspirin (enteric coated aspirin tablets
300 mg)
B 4 packs of 30 Aspro Clear (aspirin effervescent 300 mg tablets)
C 2 packs of 32 paracetamol 500 mg tablets (non-effervescent)
D 1 bottle of 100 aspirin dispersible tablets 75 mg
E 3 packs of 32 Paramol (paracetamol 500 mg / dihydrocodeine
7.46 mg, non-effervescent tablets)
Select, from A to E, which one of the above:
15. can lawfully be sold from a non-pharmacy retail outlet
16. can only be sold or supplied lawfully from a registered pharmacy in
accordance with a prescription

[happy_bunny]

Hi,
All the exam papers I am doing seem to have at least one question about ES and the answer is nearly always of the "Thou shalt not supply without personally interviewing the patient" variety. Was just wondering how this works if the patient is a baby etc - is it reasonable to interview the parent? At what age does it become necessary to interview the child?

[johnep]

You would not normally make an ES for a baby, refer to OOH Dr.
johnep

[happy_bunny]

Good point, never thought of that - question came up coz i did an exam question where the mother of a 17-year old wants an ES of ventolin or something and I said I couldn't give it because I needed to interview the patient - then I thought what if the patient was much younger/autistic etc.
Basically if you cannot interview the patient yourself because of communication/understanding issues then would you just have to refuse and send them to OOH Dr?

[Fleegle]

This is a classic case of whether the pharmacist is brave enough to make the decision to supply given all the circumstances, or pass the buck, possibly wasting precious time. If the request was deemed to be genuine, I would supply.

What could be the possible consequence of refusing supply?