SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information - View Single Post - Does anyone think prescribing physicians get a kickback from pharmaceutical companies

WantToLiveAgain · 11-04-2008, 10:28 AM

It is absolutely true that physicians receive incentives to prescribe drugs to patients. It is well documented that pharmaceutical companies provide doctors with a number of different forms of payment to prescribe their meds. Whether we are talking about doctors being paid as supposed consultants to large pharmaceutical companies when a new drug is on the market or whether you want to discuss the trips paid for by these giants supposedly to educate doctors on the use of these drugs. Educational seminars that many doctors don't even attend but rather a smoke screen payoff system for these doctors that provides vacations for their families or whatever. What about that new trial drug where the doctor (mostly in the mental health industry) must monitor your use over the course of 6 - 12 months which means regular visits to physicians with guaranteed payment from the insurance companies. Many of these visits you actually see your doctor for under a couple minutes as they continue the use of the drug. This is the stuff that goes on ABOVE BOARD ... I am sick when I think about the things that happen below the radar screen. These pharmaceutical companies are WAY TOO BIG and too powerful and get away with literally ... MURDER!!!

They stay within budget to get a certain drug out to circulation based on the projected profits this new wonder drug will provide regardless in some cases, of what tests have shown. They have brought to court numerous times for behaviors such as this ... A $600 Million judgment against the makers of Zyprexa a year ago, Merck just finally made the first payment in their lawsuit concerning the drug Vioxx a $4.85 Billion settlement ... but the scary thing is that just recently our own government is looking to pass protection to these irresponsible companies that don't warn people in a timely manner about side effects of certain drugs. Hmmmm ... imagine that, capitalism at is finest. If you have the money you can buy your own form of protection to abuse your power even more.

Here we are on a site where the majority of people here are trying to find solutions to their out of control substance abuse and you read countless of posts from people talking about their prescribed drugs that are suppose to be helping them stop using drugs ... the irony of it all.

11-04-2008, 10:28 AM	#4 (permalink)
WantToLiveAgain Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Manchester, NJ Posts: 22	Absolutely! It is absolutely true that physicians receive incentives to prescribe drugs to patients. It is well documented that pharmaceutical companies provide doctors with a number of different forms of payment to prescribe their meds. Whether we are talking about doctors being paid as supposed consultants to large pharmaceutical companies when a new drug is on the market or whether you want to discuss the trips paid for by these giants supposedly to educate doctors on the use of these drugs. Educational seminars that many doctors don't even attend but rather a smoke screen payoff system for these doctors that provides vacations for their families or whatever. What about that new trial drug where the doctor (mostly in the mental health industry) must monitor your use over the course of 6 - 12 months which means regular visits to physicians with guaranteed payment from the insurance companies. Many of these visits you actually see your doctor for under a couple minutes as they continue the use of the drug. This is the stuff that goes on ABOVE BOARD ... I am sick when I think about the things that happen below the radar screen. These pharmaceutical companies are WAY TOO BIG and too powerful and get away with literally ... MURDER!!! They stay within budget to get a certain drug out to circulation based on the projected profits this new wonder drug will provide regardless in some cases, of what tests have shown. They have brought to court numerous times for behaviors such as this ... A $600 Million judgment against the makers of Zyprexa a year ago, Merck just finally made the first payment in their lawsuit concerning the drug Vioxx a $4.85 Billion settlement ... but the scary thing is that just recently our own government is looking to pass protection to these irresponsible companies that don't warn people in a timely manner about side effects of certain drugs. Hmmmm ... imagine that, capitalism at is finest. If you have the money you can buy your own form of protection to abuse your power even more. Here we are on a site where the majority of people here are trying to find solutions to their out of control substance abuse and you read countless of posts from people talking about their prescribed drugs that are suppose to be helping them stop using drugs ... the irony of it all.