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Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs Melody Petersen See book keywords and concepts

In 2005, a physician could make $750 to $2,000 for a thirty-minute speech, while some doctors demanded far more. pharmaceutical reps complained in private that some physicians could not get enough of these corporate handouts. A sales rep in New Jersey told me in 2003 that a physician on his rounds was giving talks on ten different prescription products and demanding $1,500 a speech. "Doctors are corrupt," he grumbled. "They say, If you hire me as a speaker, I'll prescribe.

New research shows vitamin D slashes risk of cancers by 77 percent; cancer industry refuses to support cancer prevention Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

And curing cancer is a threat to all the criminals participating in that industry: The non-profit employees, oncologists, doctors, federal regulators, drug company executives, med school propaganda teachers, pharmaceutical reps and many others. These people cannot allow cancer to be prevented or cured. Their jobs and careers are at stake. Another outstanding source for learning more about the evils of the cancer industry is G. Edward Griffin. Click here to read our article about Griffin or click here for his website.

Interview with Dr. Ray Strand, author of Death by Prescription and Releasing Fat Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

It is partly demand by the people and the patients, but it is also due to our training, and being inundated by the pharmaceutical reps that come into our office promoting their products. Mike: I have heard a statistic that says the pharmaceutical companies spend an average of $10,000 per year, per physician just marketing to the physicians in the United Stated. Dr. Strand: Well that wouldn't surprise me because if I could line up pharmaceutical reps or the detail-people who come in my office, I could see as many as ten of them as compared to one of my patients.

Health roundup: Constipation drugs, California cons, and Acupuncture points (satire) Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Doctors, who originally shunned acupuncture as something far worse than being hounded by rabid pharmaceutical reps, are coming to realize the treatment actually works. Naturally, they're still limiting its application to minor conditions like treating pain following surgery, or reducing nausea after chemotherapy, saving the BIG diseases for those heroic, high-profit procedures like heart bypass surgery and chemotherapy. That's how organized medicine marginalizes the wisdom of five thousand years of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Interview with Dr. Ray Strand, author of Death by Prescription and Releasing Fat Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Strand: Well that wouldn't surprise me because if I could line up pharmaceutical reps or the detail-people who come in my office, I could see as many as ten of them as compared to one of my patients. You have to limit them, but they're there, selling their wares. They know it’s effective because they wouldn’t spend the money if it didn’t work. Free samples are another thing that they spend a lot of money on -- much more than people realize. So it’s a concern. We are seeing this more and more, and there are problems that are coming up.

Health and Nutrition Secrets Russell L. Blaylock, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

When I was in medical school, pharmaceutical reps would take us to lunch at some of the best restaurants, give us leather medical bags, expensive medical textbooks, stethoscopes, and other "toys" to buy our loyalty. They were always friendly, and over time, we did become close friends with them. In private practice, we joked that a drug rep couldn't see us unless he brought some toys. The 1960s and 1970s saw an attack on such practices, and soon the federal government stepped in and outlawed much of this activity.

Death By Prescription: The Shocking Truth Behind an Overmedicated Nation Ray Strand, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

Drug approval in the United States requires a carefully planned series of steps, sometimes taking as long as twelve years to complete, and it involves billions of dollars and numerous industries and professionals such as chemists, research specialists, medical professionals, lawyers, politicians, marketers, and pharmaceutical reps. It was estimated that in 1998 the pharmaceutical industry spent $24 billion dollars in research and development alone.

Prior to 1997, pharmaceutical reps were never allowed to promote a drug for a treatment other than its prescribed use.12 The new legislation did away with the longstanding prohibition of giving out information on unapproved uses of drugs by the manufacturer. Drug companies now had permission to circulate information on the use of their drug for diseases or clinical situations that the FDA had never approved. Reps could suggest the sale of new drugs for uses with no proof of safety or effectiveness, such as a seizure drug that could also be used as a painkiller.

Even though the FDA encouraged Warner-Lambert to tone down its claims in its advertisements, Warner-Lambert still presented Rezulin to physicians as the first major breakthrough in more than twenty years for treating diabetes. pharmaceutical reps flooded doctors' offices like mine, peddling their newly approved drug and distributing loads of free samples. The medical community responded with excitement to the release of Rezulin. Three articles appeared in the March 26, 1998 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine praising the effectiveness of Rezulin.

Both Zoloft and Paxil are now approved for this use by the FDA. The pharmaceutical reps are now encouraging doctors to look for and make this diagnosis so we can prescribe their com- In 1960, only 650 medications pany's drug. Patients have been shown to have were available in the U.S. Now improvement with this problem using this we boast more than 8,000. medication. This is a great example of how a drug is targeted to treat a disease or disorder that was not previously recognized—or at least / had never considered treating it with a medication.

Alfred's Story I look forward to visiting with pharmaceutical reps when they come by my office. Mine is a much different attitude than most physicians have; they often complain about how much time the reps consume and how many there are now. Even though I, too, wish there were not so many of them, I allow two of them a day to share their products with me in my office, and once a week I allow a rep to bring my staff lunch. This provides him more time to inform me about a company's latest developments.

Prozac: Panacea or Pandora? The Rest of the Story on the New Class of SSRI Antidepressants Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Lovan, Luvox & More Ann Blake Tracy, Ph.D. See book keywords and concepts

Also, the importance of consistent re-evaluation has apparently not been stressed to the prescribing physician by the pharmaceutical reps, because close monitoring of Prozac is very rare. In fact, it is amazing to see how often the suggestion is made that a patient may need to stay on Prozac indefinitely - even for life. Doctors receive very little training in medical school on drugs. It would make far more sense for doctors to diagnose and pharmacists to prescribe the drugs since they know so much more about them.

It is definitely the attitude of far too many within the medical community, after being persuaded by pharmaceutical reps that Prozac has few side effects that, "This is a wonderful new drug with no side effects. Here, try it. You will feel great." Then they burst into song, "Happy trails to you...Until we meet again. Happy trails to you...Keep smiling until then." The patient rarely even gets the "call me in the morning" on this one! That may seem slightly theatrical, but it is all too real. The doctor all too often says, "Here is your prescription for the next year.

Do they rely solely upon the pharmaceutical reps to educate them about these new drugs? And how do pharmaceutical companies continue to get away with keeping new research, which may prove damaging to their sales, from the FDA and the public? Why is it so difficult to find a responsible, caring, knowledgeable physician anymore? It actually brings new meaning to the term "butt head" when we learn that proctologists are prescribing Prozac - what an insult to a patient's intelligence. It would also serve as evidence that some doctors don't have a clue as to which end is up.

The big promotional thrust of the pharmaceutical reps is the claim that Prozac has no side effects or fewer side effects than other antidepressants and each succeeding SSRI supposedly has even fewer than the last one. Patients have been so unaware of the effects because of these claims and so confused, shocked and embarrassed through suffering those adverse effects that they have been unable to make their doctors aware.

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