Where there's smoke, there's fire

In Scotland, GP's can prescribe from a list of medicines on their computers. It's called an e-Formulary. When they decide to prescribe a drug, they can enter the name of the medicine and the e-Formulary program will prompt them.

A recent glitch meant that selecting the smoking cessation medicine Zyban led to a prescription being printed for Viagra, the well-known treatment for impotence. Nobody was dispensed Viagra in error, as each prescription for that drug will have been queried by the pharmacist.