Posted by notfred on January 7, 2007, at 19:04:10
In reply to Re: zyprexa pens, posted by laima on January 7, 2007, at 17:52:51
"We're talking about people injesting powerful substances which affect their health- and in the case of pharmaceuticals, putting a lot of trust into their doctors to choose precisely and unbiasedly what would be most appropriate- not what's hottest or has the best rewards for the doctor him or herself."
Kinda hard, too, when the majority of drug research is funded via big pharma. OTH my HMO makes sure I can't take almost anything new, so I find this argument pointless. If a doc wrote more scripts just to get a perk, then the problem is with the doc.I think the real issue is research. How can it become unbiased ? Arguing about perks seems like one is missing the big issue and concentrating
on after effects. All these issues mentioned here come way after the drug is researched and developed. In a biased manner.
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