Posted by Ritch on January 19, 2003, at 15:35:45
In reply to The beloved drug companies their pals., posted by Phil on January 18, 2003, at 19:29:48
Phil,
That happened to me the last time I went into see my endocrinologist. He just asked me if it was OK if a drug sales rep sat in on the office visit. I don't know who the rep worked for, but they were marketing some diabetes medication from what I remember. At first, I didn't think much about it and said it was OK, but after we got into the interview process and the rep came in I felt like there were some things I wanted to bring up to my endo. but didn't because of the presence of a stranger being there. I think what they are up to is this (from your original post):
"David Waterbury, an assistant attorney general in Washington state who is overseeing the Parke-Davis probe, said that even if sales reps are not overtly marketing, their presence would probably make a doctor reluctant to recommend another company's drug to a patient."
Geez, are we going to reach a point where they are going to do a complete physical in a surgical suite with windows (or online with a WebCAM) so ALL the drug companies can be equally represented??
poster:Ritch
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