Posted by Mr.Scott on December 9, 2002, at 15:38:22
In reply to You miss the point, posted by Anyuser on December 9, 2002, at 9:52:10
Well...As I'm enitled to...I'll express that I disagree with all your points especially #2. With one possible exception that DR. Bob has already heard many points of view (not mine I might add) and that he has decided to let pharmrep keep posting. Until Alan pointed out the thread discussing drug reps posting here, I'd never seen any such discussion.
Alan has no financial motive in promoting benzos. Pharmrep is employed to sell drugs. It's a regulated industry for a reason. I suggest you read up on the history of why perhaps beginning with things like narcotics and cocaine being touted as non-addictive.
There is a limit as to what can be expected from an individual seeking care. Yes, they need to be well informed, but they are not objective enough to 'by themselves' to rely on what a profit seeking entity has to say about it's product. The FDA is a good thing, even though it is far from prefect.
If the FDA were to decide that it was innapropriate then that would supercede Dr.Bob I believe. Just like firearms are regulated so that Dr. Bob couldn't sell guns here any differently than they are sold off the internet. Private community or website and all.
Finally, I never said Forest was bad either. Their marketing tactic is sneaky here though and I want to see if is in fact a regulatory violation. I think you may be being naive to think my post is messing with someone's personal life. Forest's posting is more likely a corporate objective not a one man show.
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