Posted on 06/23/2017 2:07:19 PM PDT by huldah1776
Physicians are influenced by marketing. That's no surprise. So are most consumers, as evidenced by television and radio commercials, billboards, pop up ads and targeted ads for drugs on your computer screen. Big Pharma markets not only to physicians, but also directly to consumers.
In a recent Washington Post op-ed, Dr. Nicole Van Gronigen made the case that Big Pharma successfully influences physician prescribing behavior via marketing. Specifically, drug reps do with with free lunches provided by the pharmaceutical reps, or educational dinners at nice restaurants. She reported a JAMA study correlating industry-sponsored meals with increased promotion of branded medication to Medicare patients.
It's no surprise that marketing works. If it didn't, Big Pharma would not spend $24 billion per year on it -- more than they spend on research and development. And perhaps, as Dr. Van Gronigen suggests, restricting pharma reps' access to physicians may yield cost savings in healthcare. But is it really that simple?
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
I have a problem with big pharma and the VA. The VA seems to be the canary in the cave.
however, for fellow conspirators, here's an update on the deaths of holistic doctors. The title has a typo? it was fifteen not fifty.
https://dailyhealthpost.com/holistic-doctors-dead/
Just can’t get live links in first post. oh well.
https://dailyhealthpost.com/holistic-doctors-dead/
Type II diagnosis in December after having been on statins since 2003. Hit me like a ton of brick.
I don't think it's a typo. Not all doctors are listed. Dr Ash of NYC is not on that list. He died suddenly Dec 2015.
I have 2 brothers who took statins and both are now diabetic.
Diabetics have a much higher risk of cardiovascular problems and stroke. Her levels may be okay for a non diabetic. Her physician undoubtedly thought her levels were to high for a diabetic.
I don’t care which type of treatment your family chooses
Pharmaceutical reps bring in lunch and an educational seminar. The lynches are ok but nothing special. The seminars can be quite good
This ain’t what helps a doc decide to prescribe something
Okay.
It’s now listed as a side effect.
http://www.webmd.com/diabetes/news/20150304/statins-linked-to-raised-risk-of-type-2-diabetes
I wonder if the FBI is involved. So blatant.
Sure.
Every patient that goes to a holistic doctor is one less patient using pharmaceuticals. It’s all about the money.
I worked a contract in N Georgia involving a large number of clinics belonging to a larger medical conglomerate. Each day, in EVERY clinic I visited lunch was completely catered for the employees by the drug companies. That would be hundreds of dollars in catering every day for every clinic.
You think that doesn’t pay off? If it didn’t, they wouldn’t be doing it.
Of course, there will always be those who think the drug companies are conspiring and killing the quacks. Whaddyagonnado? Some people believe there were missiles strapped onto the planes that hit the twin towers and that bombs were buried in the buildings and went off at the same time as the planes hit. Others believe Elvis is alive and living with aliens. There's no explanation for crazy.
The people sit through the presentation.
Other than that, probably not.
*disclaimer: this may cause heartburn in executive levels of big pharma, may decrease the amount of unnecessary medicine treating various made up ailments. frequent bouts of unnecessary diarrhea caused by side effects may be reduced, as well as bloating, sudden death and double bloating.
you should see who is selling.
You call Holistic doctors quacks. OK.
Drug dealers always make more money. Any kind of drug.
Chicken soup or a $100 pill for your ailment?
BTW, Elvis is alive!
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