Drug Cos. Giving Doctors Mega-Bucks

Six figure contracts to consultants to evaluate drug pipelines (for example GSK's HIV franchise) are common and so are similar projects to evaluate sales effectiveness, medical science liaison effectiveness, marketing effectiveness, advertising effectiveness. Are all these jobs included in the study's figures? Oh well.
 
i know quite a few doctors are drug pushers. however, they don't do it because they get more money fron the drug companies. they do it because its easier and it gets them repeat business.
 
I don't think this is the reason the nation is over prescribed. I think this is b/c this is how medicine is taught to be practiced. And then there is the reimbursement structure. Due to insurance physicians need to see many more patients in a day to make the same amount or probably even less money. So the quickest thing to do is hand the patient a presription. They aren't getting paid enough by insurance companies to spend 30 minutes each visit to discuss all the non pharmacologic treatment of many often simple conditions such as insomnia, GERD, etc. Now most times that kind of instruction is very limited and then the patient is given a script for ambien with 5 refills or prilosec with 11 refills.

I will also that drug companies are able to spend less in healthcare detailing operations these days than they were in the past. New laws and regulations have changed the game a bit. It seems to be more about DTC advertising these days and that is the real problem IMO.
 
The connection between pharma and mds is a problem in psychiatry, as well.

In the big picture, we're doing little more than treating the symptoms.
 
You know of studies that show increased risk of MI for patient's that discontinued Lovaza and went to OTC fish oil for TG in the 150-200 range?

And do you know of studies that showed Lovaza preventing MI in the 1st place?
 
Thanks for the info that really backed up your previous comment.

I am not worried this patient is goint to have an MI from taking OTC fishoil vs. Lovaza for a slightly elevated TG level. The reason I am not worried is b/c this isn't going to increase his risk of having an MI.

What is your point? That I might be sued regardless. Well people will sue for anything I suppose. But again this would be a patient that wasn't going to take the lovaza anyways. But you seemed to have missed all of that. Have you ever worked as a retail pharmacist? You see to be offering me up quite a bit of advice like you know what you are talking about.
 
I went from almost 300 lbs. to my present weight of around 175. I have maintained it for about 3 years now. I am a firm believer that most illnesses/disease/medical conditions are caused by diet. I no longer take heartburn/high blood pressure medicine. I take no medications. I am almost 60. I do not eat late. Lunch is my main meal with a very very light supper, if I eat supper at all. If you eat anything that comes from a chemical lab, medicines included, you WILL have an adverse reaction. Maybe not today, but you will. Your body does not recognize these manmade chemicals. Look at the polynesians. They eat a diet high in fat, mainly from coconut oil. but yet, heart disease and diabetes is almost non-existent. Now look at Vietnam. Diabetes is on the rise, but where. In Ho Chi Min City (Saigon). Why....cause they eat at McDonalds, Chilis, KFC, ect. In otherwords, the American Diet. If you are fat, it is usually cause you choose to be. Your fat, your unhealthy, you take chemicals, and your still fat and unhealthy. We are right where the drug companies want us to be. Why hasnt MSG/Aspartame been banned? Cause the drug companies amke billions treating the symptoms. Sorry, just my little rant for the day.
 
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