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Opioid Crisis in OK; Who’s to Blame?
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<blockquote data-quote="tRidiot" data-source="post: 3249829" data-attributes="member: 9374"><p>I'm just saying.... there is a VERY common misconception out there in the public that doctors have some kind of incentive to prescribe certain medicines, when nothing could be further from the truth. With the exception of direct business from bringing people into the clinic for pain medication (i.e., the reimbursement of the cost of the visit itself), I know of NO form of kickbacks or incentives the pharmaceutical reps or drug companies can or do provide to prescribers. In fact, most of this is specifically prohibited by law. With the exception of the occasional steak dinner where they invite doctors out to listen to a specialist talk about the medicine - these specialists are paid for their time, yes, but that isn't for prescribing, just for speaking and answering questions about their experiences with the medication.</p><p></p><p>So I'm actually interested to hear if [USER=43724]@Tanis143[/USER] has any actual experience with this or is just spouting off the misinformation commonly believed by anyone who wants to denigrate medical professionals and the pharmaceutical industry.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tRidiot, post: 3249829, member: 9374"] I'm just saying.... there is a VERY common misconception out there in the public that doctors have some kind of incentive to prescribe certain medicines, when nothing could be further from the truth. With the exception of direct business from bringing people into the clinic for pain medication (i.e., the reimbursement of the cost of the visit itself), I know of NO form of kickbacks or incentives the pharmaceutical reps or drug companies can or do provide to prescribers. In fact, most of this is specifically prohibited by law. With the exception of the occasional steak dinner where they invite doctors out to listen to a specialist talk about the medicine - these specialists are paid for their time, yes, but that isn't for prescribing, just for speaking and answering questions about their experiences with the medication. So I'm actually interested to hear if [USER=43724]@Tanis143[/USER] has any actual experience with this or is just spouting off the misinformation commonly believed by anyone who wants to denigrate medical professionals and the pharmaceutical industry. [/QUOTE]
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