Comments on: Physician-pharma relationship: "It make sense" http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/05/physician-pharma-relationship-it-make.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/05/physician-pharma-relationship-it-make.html#comment-75352 Anonymous Wed, 23 May 2007 02:32:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/05/physician-pharma-relationship-it-make-sense.html#comment-75352 The problemis that the phamaceutical companies are biases sources of information and that bias greately skews what information they give--so no, they are not the best source of information.<br/><br/>Far better for the physician to shake his head in confusion when prompted the patient for the newest drug, than to proceed with fallacious information that he thinks is factual but is another one of a long string of Pharma distortions and outright lies.<br/><br/>Usually the condition the patient is asking for the new drug for is one of the new pseudodiseases that our parents considered minor inconveneinces and which do not warrant the risk and expense of the new drug which provides marginal efficacy and has not been around long enough to establish long-term safety. The problemis that the phamaceutical companies are biases sources of information and that bias greately skews what information they give–so no, they are not the best source of information.

Far better for the physician to shake his head in confusion when prompted the patient for the newest drug, than to proceed with fallacious information that he thinks is factual but is another one of a long string of Pharma distortions and outright lies.

Usually the condition the patient is asking for the new drug for is one of the new pseudodiseases that our parents considered minor inconveneinces and which do not warrant the risk and expense of the new drug which provides marginal efficacy and has not been around long enough to establish long-term safety.

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