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Withdrawal of useful drugs
Editor, – What can be done when a well-known and frequently recommended drug just fades out of sight because the manufacturers won't make it any more? One's suspicions run riot, including that it is too cheap to make and to sell, and the profit margin is therefore too small. Maybe they want to sell something similar but more profitable. Patients' needs and the needs of the Australian community in general seem to be of no consequence!
Donald B. Reid
General practitioner
Bridgetown, WA