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About what I expected.
When I worked in Medicines Management we did a lot of work on getting GPs to communicate the efficacy of various medicines to the general public.

There is a certain sector who believe that their medicines is free and therefore the Doctor should issue it on demand. Especially some people who don't pay the prescription charge go to the Doctors for over-the-counter medication that they could really afford themselves - ie paracetemol. As well as those who don't think they've been taken seriously unless they walk out with a prescription. It costs the NHS millions.

Some GPs go along with it because it gets people out of their consulting room quicker. Our job was to educate the GPs, so that they realised there would be less repeat patients wasting their time and budgets if they had a better idea of what each medicine did and didn't do.

I shudder when I see what some people take. I'm trying to educate HM re not buying branded medicines, and certainly not buying One Pill Cures All cold remedies.