§ Ms. PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many prescriptions were dispensed for the drug Bolvidon by community pharmacists in the last year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. MellorBolvidon is a branded form of Mianserin hydrochloride. In England in 1987 community pharmacists dispensed 150,200 prescriptions written for Bolvidon. In the same period, community pharmacists dispensed a further 412,100 prescriptions written for Mianserin, in a proportion of which cases they will have supplied Bolvidon.