A cocktail that’s too much of a good thing | Letters
The Glasgow variant of the Brompton proved alarmingly effective, writes Peter Waterson. Plus letters from John Garforth and Brian Sandall
Regarding the Brompton cocktail, a mixture of heroin and cocaine that was used for severe pain in terminally ill patients (Letters, 6 May), the Glasgow recipe was heroin, cocaine, gin, Largactil and honey. It could be alarmingly effective. Many years ago, my late partner, faced with a patient in intractable pain, issued a prescription for the cocktail.
In the middle of evening surgery, my partner was called to an emergency at the local pub. The patient had felt so much better, he decided to go for a drink, and the combination of the Brompton plus the traditional “hauf an’ a hauf” (whisky and ale), had proved too much. He was carried home and told to stick to soft drinks.
Peter Waterson
Glasgow
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The Glasgow variant of the Brompton proved alarmingly effective, writes Peter Waterson. Plus letters from John Garforth and Brian Sandall
Regarding the Brompton cocktail, a mixture of heroin and cocaine that was used for severe pain in terminally ill patients (Letters, 6 May), the Glasgow recipe was heroin, cocaine, gin, Largactil and honey. It could be alarmingly effective. Many years ago, my late partner, faced with a patient in intractable pain, issued a prescription for the cocktail.
In the middle of evening surgery, my partner was called to an emergency at the local pub. The patient had felt so much better, he decided to go for a drink, and the combination of the Brompton plus the traditional “hauf an’ a hauf” (whisky and ale), had proved too much. He was carried home and told to stick to soft drinks.
Peter Waterson
Glasgow
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