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Originally Posted by kutulu
I know about that and it seriously pisses me off. It should be illegal for drug companies to give ANYTHING to docs. I'd almost want to take it as far as saying they should not be allowed to invest in drug companies because it presents a conflict of interest.
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I think its one of those rules they never had a need to set in the past and now don't want to set. Whats funny is that if a doctor refers a patient to me as a specialist and I pay that doctor for the referral, I would lose my licence but if the same doctor gave that patient a prescription to brand X and gets money from the drug company that makes brand x, then its legal.
There is too much money going around out there for doctors to regulate this on their own. Their excuse is easy, since if they were going to prescribe you a blood pressure medication, what difference would it make if you get brand X or Y, and in most cases it wouldn't, but undoubtedly there would be cases where it would make a difference.