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Old 23rd March 2002, 11:32 PM
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Hi,

In Australia we are legally bound to label all medicines.
Back in college days we were told how to label a remedy that was Sac lac with an easily identified symbol, an asterisk, for example - Belladonna* or else call the remedy e.g. Tarentula Synergy - the idea that the word synergy was the key to knowing it was Sac lac.
Of course, this can lead to confusion if other practitioners don't know what the symbolism means, but then all labels also must legally contain name, address and contact phone number of the prescriber.
I can also think of a few circumstances when I've been reluctant to correctly label a remedy. One situation was where a schizophrenic man came for treatment complaining of burning pains in the stomach, food intolerances, restlessness, diarrhoea, fear of having incurable diseases, of being poisoned, and after I took the case and was writing out the label he says, "You're not giving me Arsenic are you?"
"Nope" I said crossing out the A.
"Because ***** gave me Arsenic and it made me sick"
"It's Cannabis ind," I said "I think you've been smoking too much dope."
It was the best I could think of in the immediate circumstance and he did take the remedy.
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