Re: NEWS - Physicians speak out against seeing drug reps

[Guest guest]

> 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

[Guest guest]

> 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