A waste of doctors’ time

Niamh Drohan’s study (Apr 3) of GP prescribing of antidepressants was unethical.

Wasting GP time while patients wait to be seen is inexcusable. A similar waste of garda or firefighter time might result in prosecution. Doctors assume that the person seeking medical help is genuine.

Antidepressants are not drugs of abuse, and there would be no reason to suspect anybody of collecting prescriptions at multiple GPs.