Re: Re: NEWS - Physicians speak out against seeing drug reps

[Guest guest]

Very disturbing, Sierra. I know your hunches are right. I've had similar

experiences.

My daughter is studying to be a nurse and works part time at a hospital. She

says the drug reps are around in her area every single day, samples spilling

out of their pockets and briefcases.

Since the statins are big, I asked her to ask the Pfizer rep for a poster of

the Lipitor man. The advertising isn't ALL bad!

Not an MD

I'll tell you where to go!

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester

s Hopkins Medicine

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org

[ ] Re: NEWS - Physicians speak out against seeing drug

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>> Physicians speak out against seeing drug reps

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> This interested me.

> The first time I saw my rheumatologist, I mentioned my frequent use

> of eye drops. She gave me a bright blue zipper pouch full of goodies:

> lip balm, a notebook, pen, collapsable water cup...and a sample of

> the drug salagen. She was in a hurry, so we did not discuss her

> recommendation any more than " Try this...here's the dosage...it might

> make you sweat more.. "

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> When I got home, I read the literature carefully. I didn't want to

> sweat more. I saw nothing about improvement of dry eyes, but plenty

> about increasing salivation. I have plenty of saliva. My dry eye

> problem was not bothering me, actually. I don't mind using eyedrops.

> I didn't take the drug.

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> The next time I saw my doctor, she had forgotten that she gave me the

> sample kit, and I didn't remind her. While discussing dry eyes, she

> said, " There's a way of treating that systemically, but we wouldn't

> want to do that unless we absolutely had to. " Why so conservative

> now, when she had recently tossed me the drug as casually as if it

> were a bag of M & Ms?

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> I got the salagen kit because she had recently had an encounter with

> a drug rep. I just know it!!!

>

> Sierra

[Guest guest]

Very disturbing, Sierra. I know your hunches are right. I've had similar

experiences.

My daughter is studying to be a nurse and works part time at a hospital. She

says the drug reps are around in her area every single day, samples spilling

out of their pockets and briefcases.

Since the statins are big, I asked her to ask the Pfizer rep for a poster of

the Lipitor man. The advertising isn't ALL bad!

Not an MD

I'll tell you where to go!

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester

s Hopkins Medicine

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org

[ ] Re: NEWS - Physicians speak out against seeing drug

reps

>

>

>

>> Physicians speak out against seeing drug reps

>

> This interested me.

> The first time I saw my rheumatologist, I mentioned my frequent use

> of eye drops. She gave me a bright blue zipper pouch full of goodies:

> lip balm, a notebook, pen, collapsable water cup...and a sample of

> the drug salagen. She was in a hurry, so we did not discuss her

> recommendation any more than " Try this...here's the dosage...it might

> make you sweat more.. "

>

> When I got home, I read the literature carefully. I didn't want to

> sweat more. I saw nothing about improvement of dry eyes, but plenty

> about increasing salivation. I have plenty of saliva. My dry eye

> problem was not bothering me, actually. I don't mind using eyedrops.

> I didn't take the drug.

>

> The next time I saw my doctor, she had forgotten that she gave me the

> sample kit, and I didn't remind her. While discussing dry eyes, she

> said, " There's a way of treating that systemically, but we wouldn't

> want to do that unless we absolutely had to. " Why so conservative

> now, when she had recently tossed me the drug as casually as if it

> were a bag of M & Ms?

>

> I got the salagen kit because she had recently had an encounter with

> a drug rep. I just know it!!!

>

> Sierra