2006-10-31 11:27:21 · 5 answers · asked by Doug K 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
at any hospital and clinic, you will see that there are "drug reps", that do court the businesses of medical professionals. they bring lunches in for the doctors, they take the doctor out to lunch, dinner, and sometimes the whole office of a clinic, or hospital specialty area...receptionists and all will be treated to dinner out by these reps, and even drinks....i have seen drug reps give sporting tickets to the doctors and other gifts. this is done in order to "sweeten" the deal. the doctors do not necessarily benefit financially. the drug companies regularly visit the practitioners weekly in most cases, leaving free samples of medicines that the doctors usually give away to patients needing "samples"....when you go to the doctor and he gives you free meds in the office....those are usually brought by the reps. the reps urge the doctors to give the samples of their meds from their company, the main goal to to get doctors to write prescriptions for the medications that they sell and distribute.
2006-10-31 11:53:46 · answer #1 · answered by tlove6666 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No.
Drug reps give us pens (and clipboards, and tacky wall clocks, and notepads, etc.) and sometimes sponsor educational dinners, but we're smart enough to prescribe only what is in the best interest of a particular patient.
A lot of times, newer drugs ARE better... that's why they were developed. So we use them. But many times, the old drugs work just as well, and we use them too.
If we take kickbacks, we can go to jail. The law is pretty severe about that, and nobody in their right mind would risk a career over some "perk".
2006-10-31 19:33:13 · answer #2 · answered by Pangolin 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes but it's very little compared to what they already make.
2006-10-31 19:30:43 · answer #3 · answered by christigmc 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
yes a good buzz lmao
2006-10-31 19:34:53 · answer #4 · answered by Scott R 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, Yes, Yes and of course they do.
2006-10-31 19:30:09 · answer #5 · answered by SCORPIO 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋