MELBOURNE Cup, the "race that stops a nation", also managed to stop, or at least slow, script numbers around Australia on Tue, according to data released by eRx Script Exchange.
The number of scripts processed during the 2016 Melbourne Cup dropped by around 44% compared with a standard Tuesday afternoon, the technology provider said.
"Between 3:00 and 3.10pm, when the Cup ran, the total number of scripts prescribed and dispensed across the country dropped by 50%, from a peak of 4,569 per minute to a low of 2,584 per minute during the race," eRx said.
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