Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!reader5.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Aidan Kehoe Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: GNU Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:10:48 +0100 Message-ID: <87mrzptyon.fsf@parhasard.net> References: <1rsostx.1fumdje1pdrftiN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <1rsoqz0.19zzbh71ebfb7bN%snipeco.2@gmail.com> <18a11176d0ed8bfb$1717$2710841$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <10q9dle$u3sq$1@dont-email.me> <18a11e5c3372a392$492$2653793$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <10qatq5$1arse$6@dont-email.me> <10qauv2$1gh74$1@dont-email.me> <10qb90h$1inu5$13@dont-email.me> <3upn9mxm29.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10qc4t3$1silm$13@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: solani.org; logging-data="962869"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@news.solani.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.101 (Gnus v5.10.10) XEmacs/21.5-b36 (Linux-aarch64) Cancel-Lock: sha1:8wogkcMSU6u9YT2xgal4IcsFQaI= sha1:zR+80XR9B/QcfxAdWfCttAbA09s= X-User-ID: eJwFwYEBwDAEBMCVSP2HcRD2H6F3+KjsawQNi32bEwyR8jd6Eina5jsdJ0cE7jrGh1v0yvoBK3sRjQ== Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:84606 alt.usage.english:1141567 Ar an naoú lá is fiche de mí Márta, scríobh Tony Cooper: > On 29 Mar 2026 23:14:05 GMT, rbowman wrote: > > >[...] We have 'compounding pharmacies' that will make a specific > >combination and dosage that isn't available in the usual pharmacy. When I > >was had an eye operation the surgeon specified eye drops that would be used > >post-op that I had to get from a compounding pharmacy. I've no idea what > >made them special. Generally benefit from the non-standard preparations is to a fraction of one percent of people. That said, I prescribe chloramphenicol ointment (nominally eye ointment) for facial wounds because that’s what the plastic surgeons do and it certainly doesn’t seem to harm; there’s no strong evidence for it. > When I had cataract surgery, the ophthalmologist provided eye > drops...at a significiently higher price than prescription eye drops > would have cost. Probably, the same drops. Yes. I understand this is a weakness in the health system in Japan, that doctors routinely sell the medication they prescribe and so incentives are not ideal. > It seems to have become common for certain doctors to sell patients > pharmaceuticals. My dermatologist has a showcase of products for sale > in his office. My wife's podiatrist sells a high-priced toenail > fungus product. > > On the subject of compounding pharmacies, they are still around in > this area but many got shut down a few years ago because they were > making illegal supplements - steroids and such - for athletes and body > builders. Our local pharmacists will do a certain amount of compounding but they don’t like it. I’d be very surprised if they were dispensing anabolic steroids. -- ‘As I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out / How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’ (C. Moore)