To the editor: In this age of instant communication to a sophisticated public, physicians'
errors are often sensationally publicized. The possibility of such unfortunate occurrences as …

To the editor: I read with interest the letter entitled" Potentially lethal interaction of cimetidine
and mor-phine"(Can Med Assoc 1 1981; 124: 1434-1436). I congratulate Adrian Fine and …

To the Editor: I read with interest the letter of Dr. J. Ananth concerning the antiasthmatic
effect of amitriptyline (Can Med Assoc J 110: 1131, 1974). I have had a similar experience …

Letters are welcomed and will be published as space permits. They should be typewritten
double-spaced, must be of reasonable length, and are subject to copy editing …

To the Editor:—Too little emphasis has been given to the possibility that a drug may have,
besides its direct action, an indirect or latent and potential effect. Thus, cinchophen appears …

To the Editor:—I am writing to you at the request of several of my Southern California
colleagues. We have been besieged during the past several months by requests for …

To the Editor:—There is evidence of increasing use by drug addicts of the new synthetic
drug, methadon (6-dimethylamino-4, 4-diphenyl-3-heptanone, also known by the trade …

To the Editor:—I should like to present a case history that I hope will raise some question
about the habituating effects of meprobamate suggested by Dr. Lemere (JAMA 160: 1431 …

THE list of therapeutic agents employed in the field of psychopharmacology is an imposing
one. There have been reports of toxic reactions to many of these drugs, and, in 1959, the …

SIR,-We are at a loss to understand Dr. RN Wilson's criticism (9 March, p. 455) of our paper
(16February, p. 261). He complains that we do not" make clear, to the lay reader, whether …