tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15575652.post115262009217560296..comments2024-03-05T00:59:35.390+08:00Comments on Angry Doctor: Big Pharma 1, angry doc 1angry dochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03132410467147982699noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15575652.post-1153192062912203232006-07-18T11:07:00.000+08:002006-07-18T11:07:00.000+08:00Its not easy to be a medical rep. He/She needs to ...Its not easy to be a medical rep. He/She needs to be properly trained to do his/her job. One needs to do 'homework' before one sees doctors or should try to gather as much info if its one's first visit.<BR/><BR/>A rep that is not properly trained and thinks that he/she can 'con' his/her way will only irritate those that he/she visits and tarnish the name of the pharmaceutical industry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15575652.post-1152865342631229982006-07-14T16:22:00.000+08:002006-07-14T16:22:00.000+08:00Exactly. Blame the main person.Dun shoot the messe...Exactly. Blame the main person.<BR/><BR/>Dun shoot the messenger!Dr Oz blokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00876294124443628182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15575652.post-1152850681679026302006-07-14T12:18:00.000+08:002006-07-14T12:18:00.000+08:00Maybe drug companies are so commercialize that the...Maybe drug companies are so commercialize that they forgot the drugs are to save lives/improve the quality of patients' lives. Drug rep have to earn a living.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15575652.post-1152762044285938492006-07-13T11:40:00.000+08:002006-07-13T11:40:00.000+08:00Drug reps are hired to sell drugs to doctors. To m...Drug reps are hired to sell drugs to doctors. To make doctors buy them.<BR/><BR/>And every customer has his different reasons for buying anything.<BR/><BR/>It's all a matter of finding out what will motivate the customer to buy.<BR/><BR/>I have observed that most drug reps usually talk about these food and pens to doctors in the hospitals. That is because I think the majority of doctors buy into Food (eg breakfast) and Stationary (eg pens) as the incentive to make an order rather than product information.<BR/><BR/>You are generally better off serving the majority right?<BR/><BR/>It's not a nice thing to know, but if you ask the pharmas and the drug reps that's probably what they will tell you.<BR/><BR/>Either that or this drug rep was hopeless by doing all the things doctors do not want and not doing the things they want.<BR/><BR/>I doubt it's the latter lahDr Oz blokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00876294124443628182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15575652.post-1152717432947324952006-07-12T23:17:00.000+08:002006-07-12T23:17:00.000+08:00Hooray for you! I have always wondered which of th...Hooray for you! I have always wondered which of the meds my husband takes depends on who brings the most goodies to our doctors office.<BR/><BR/>It has ALWAYS irked me to no end to be waiting way past my appointment time to see the doc, reminding myself someone with an emergent situation probably walked in right before me, only to see a sales person walk in, speak to the receptionist, then walk right on back. Grrrr.<BR/><BR/>ESPECIALLY when I had to get off work for the appointment and have to return to work afterwards. As if MY time is not valuable.Surgeon In My Dreamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13179150077622941677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15575652.post-1152713744094987882006-07-12T22:15:00.000+08:002006-07-12T22:15:00.000+08:00I don't think selling medicines makes you a bad pe...I don't think selling medicines makes you a bad person.<BR/><BR/>But I think selling medicines by giving misleading information about the medicines or while omitting important information about them is bad practice.<BR/><BR/>I think trying to influence a doctor's prescribing pattern for reasons other than clinical ones is bad practice. Likewise I think changing one's prescribing pattern based on reasons other than clinical ones is bad practice.angry dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03132410467147982699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15575652.post-1152701555324309012006-07-12T18:52:00.000+08:002006-07-12T18:52:00.000+08:00I believe that if they are going to be providing p...I believe that if they are going to be providing product information, they should at least have the information ready.<BR/><BR/>I think the fact that a drug rep can come to a clinic with freebies but not literature speaks volumes about the relationship between doctors and drug reps.angry dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03132410467147982699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15575652.post-1152701069865390842006-07-12T18:44:00.000+08:002006-07-12T18:44:00.000+08:00What do U think their job shld be abt?druggedWhat do U think their job shld be abt?<BR/><BR/>druggedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com