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Originally posted by Tinkleflower
he'll receive "free samples" of several brands...
Originally posted by df1
Originally posted by Tinkleflower
he'll receive "free samples" of several brands...
I know an elderly gentleman that can not afford the drugs he needs and his doctor has been giving him the samples he receives from the drug reps for going on 4 years now.
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Originally posted by Tinkleflower
Drugs are products for sale....and as such....
They have salespeople, and as with any product, there is much competition amongst the same types of products..
Believe it or not, drug reps are the bane of the lives of most doctors. Doctors don't want to waste time with drug reps.
Originally posted by Icarus Rising Most illnesses can be cured by proper diet, excercise, and environment...Too many people think doctors and drugs can help them counteract their bad habits. Doctors, drug reps, and the drug lobby are only too happy to let them continue to believe this lie.
Originally posted by Icarus Rising
Most illnesses can be cured by proper diet, excercise, and environment. The best mechanism the human body has for healing is itself. Too many people think doctors and drugs can help them counteract their bad habits.
Makes me wonder who you are working for. No offense.
Originally posted by Tinkleflower
Originally posted by df1
Originally posted by Tinkleflower
he'll receive "free samples" of several brands...
I know an elderly gentleman that can not afford the drugs he needs and his doctor has been giving him the samples he receives from the drug reps for going on 4 years now.
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Yup. My exhusband's mother got her supplies of both Paxil and Fosemax in sample form for years, too.
Sometimes those doctors - and yes, the drug reps who supply the samples often knowing that they're being given as regular supplies, and thus losing money on a "sale" - aren't as bad as they're painted.
Originally posted by Conspicuouz
why aren't natural substances allowed to be labeled as a drug? why is the only prescription we get are manufactured drugs?
Originally posted by Icarus Rising
Who really knows what's in those little black wheeled boxcarts the drug reps run around with.
Maybe they go in the doctors office full of drugs and come out full of cash (less the doctors cut, of course). Maybe they go in the doctors office full of drugs and cash and come out full of the good doctor's promises to deliver the desired volume of the drug in question.
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Originally posted by Icarus Rising
I have nothing against reps as individuals, just reservations about their role in the whole scam. They don't have to be delivering wads of cash and drugs to be part of the sell-out of American medicine.
I challenge the entire medical establishment, which you seem to represent in this thread, Tinkleflower, to clean up their act, its getting way to obvious to one old country boy!