Ethical dilemma: patients reselling prescription drugs

Dr Ellie Mein MDU medico-legal adviser
ByDr Ellie Mein
Published03 July 2018
Most prescription drugs can only be legally supplied by a pharmacy, but the MDU has heard from doctors concerned that their patients may be selling prescribed drugs online. Dr Ellie Mein explains.

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Dr Ellie Mein
Medico-legal adviser

MB ChB MRCOphth GDL LLM Ellie joined the MDU as a medico-legal adviser in 2013. Prior to this she worked as an ophthalmologist before completing her Graduate Diploma in Law in Birmingham.

Ethical dilemma: patients reselling prescription drugs