Prescribers controlled dmgs

Drugs are available to many healthcare professionals especially in a healthcare facility where they administer medication. Even under tight controls, dmgs can be diverted by healthcare professionals with little chance of being caught. For example, they may give the patient half the prescribed dose and keep the other half for themselves. 

Society s control of the use of medicines, and of those who dispense and prescribe them, dates back several thousand years. Equally, norms, standards, practical guides and guidelines to promote effective regulation have now existed nationally and globally for several hundred years. Both developed and developing countries have practised dmg regulation for some time. 

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