Comments on: Will banning drug reps bankrupt caterers? http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/06/will-banning-drug-reps-bankrupt.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/06/will-banning-drug-reps-bankrupt.html#comment-85993 Anonymous Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:38:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/06/will-banning-drug-reps-bankrupt-caterers.html#comment-85993 There was a lot of purple, though, so I'm thinking it was a reformulated proton-pump inhibitor ( patent-buster.) There was a lot of purple, though, so I’m thinking it was a reformulated proton-pump inhibitor ( patent-buster.)

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/06/will-banning-drug-reps-bankrupt.html#comment-85992 Anonymous Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:35:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/06/will-banning-drug-reps-bankrupt-caterers.html#comment-85992 I'm still jealous of the mardi-gras lunch they had that one time at my rheumatologist's office. Forlorn I waited for my turn to be seen. Snappily dressed pharma kids rolled by carts full of shiny beads and gleaming streamers..swag and toys and every good thing. And sammiches. And quite a few other yummy delights, really spiffy Mardi-gras salads and desserts etc.<br/><br/>I got a paper gown, and no invitation at all. I can't remember the drug they were pushing. It was an informational Mardi Gras lunch. I hope they learned a great deal how to stop my having to come in there and sit in a paper gown. I’m still jealous of the mardi-gras lunch they had that one time at my rheumatologist’s office. Forlorn I waited for my turn to be seen. Snappily dressed pharma kids rolled by carts full of shiny beads and gleaming streamers..swag and toys and every good thing. And sammiches. And quite a few other yummy delights, really spiffy Mardi-gras salads and desserts etc.

I got a paper gown, and no invitation at all. I can’t remember the drug they were pushing. It was an informational Mardi Gras lunch. I hope they learned a great deal how to stop my having to come in there and sit in a paper gown.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/06/will-banning-drug-reps-bankrupt.html#comment-85988 Anonymous Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:09:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/06/will-banning-drug-reps-bankrupt-caterers.html#comment-85988 What will happen to the US economy if we pull its Prozac? What will happen to the US economy if we pull its Prozac?

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/06/will-banning-drug-reps-bankrupt.html#comment-85985 Anonymous Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:00:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/06/will-banning-drug-reps-bankrupt-caterers.html#comment-85985 How about the sticky pad industry?<br/><br/>How about the people who are being paid to come up with unusual pen designs, including that cool Levitra pen.<br/><br/>http://tinyurl.com/44w9yz<br/><br/>Banning drug marketing could bring the American economy to a grinding halt. How about the sticky pad industry?

How about the people who are being paid to come up with unusual pen designs, including that cool Levitra pen.

http://tinyurl.com/44w9yz

Banning drug marketing could bring the American economy to a grinding halt.

]]> By: Doc99http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/06/will-banning-drug-reps-bankrupt.html#comment-85982 Doc99 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:25:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/06/will-banning-drug-reps-bankrupt-caterers.html#comment-85982 I'd focus on the bigger picture - the enormous sums advertising prescription drugs, not to the physicians who would prescribe, but to the potential addicts aka patients who demand. I'd say the amounts spent on drug lunches pale in comparison to the sums spent on plastering adverts on city buses. Just saying ... I’d focus on the bigger picture – the enormous sums advertising prescription drugs, not to the physicians who would prescribe, but to the potential addicts aka patients who demand. I’d say the amounts spent on drug lunches pale in comparison to the sums spent on plastering adverts on city buses. Just saying …

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