Thanks for your educative column in the Nigerian Tribune. Sir, kindly prescribe basic drugs that people can get in a nearby chemist or is it against the ethics of the profession?. The reason is that many people find it difficult to go to laboratory or teaching hospital for necessary test. More blessing sir.
From Peter (e-mail)

Thank you Peter for your question. You are right, it is against medical ethics for a doctor to be using the public domain to be prescribing medications for patients he or she has not seen and examined. Apart from this, it is even dangerous for the patient since he or she will not be getting the right treatment from a doctor who did not examine him/her. Since our health is very important, we should all try and make some time to go for Laboratory tests or seek proper treatment by seeing a doctor.