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# Computer wrote wrong prescription # Patients should have got Zyban
Jump to full article: Times Of London (uk), 2006-12-14
Author: David Lister: Scotland Correspondent
Intro: Every smoker needs a little encouragement to give up, but some in Glasgow received more than they expected when they registered for a drug to help them.
In a development unlikely to reduce cigarette consumption but almost certain to produce other benefits — at least for male patients — a “computer glitch” led to smokers being mistakenly prescribed Viagra instead of the anti-smoking drug Zyban.
The problem is thought to have become apparent several weeks ago.
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