Comments on: When doctors go retail: is it okay to sell products?

By: The Way To Eat

The Way To Eat — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 18:32:12 +0000

[…] In Canada, we tend to take a dim view of docs who go retail. […]

By: Carolyn Thomas

Carolyn Thomas — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 03:39:43 +0000

In reply to Lisak.

Me too, Lisa. Did you see the New York Times piece recently on the “magical thinking” of docs who take money from industry?

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By: Lisak

Lisak — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 01:00:41 +0000

The appearance of a conflict of interest is all it takes to reduce my confidence in the doctor’s judgement.

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By: raamsconsultingllc

raamsconsultingllc — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 21:29:22 +0000

If a doctor believes in a product, for me thats better than some one with no scientific background trying to poison me with cheap stuff. This assurance is worth a lot to me.

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By: Beverley Davis

Beverley Davis — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:12:33 +0000

In reply to Jon J.W..

I had a doctor who was selling an expensive brand of TED hose (compression stockings) to me. They were very expensive online but he sold them at a far lower price. I had a lot of swelling in my legs and that was bad for me in general, for one thing – a well known truth to physicians everywhere. The swelling was also making worse the injury for which I was at this doctor’s office. I was surprised to be buying them from him but when I came home and saw the traditional retail price, I was glad he was selling them for such a low price.

Even then, a friend of mine was shocked my doctor was selling things, but while he may have been making a profit, I benefitted (and still do!), too, and there was no question I needed the universally accepted item he sold.

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By: chris

chris — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 18:20:55 +0000

I sell to doctors that resell my product. I control the price not them. Most retailers see a medical product as a way to knock you over the head with mark-up. The way I run it I make money, they make money and not stick it to the general public like most medical retailer would. Just keep that in mind when you go buy a medical product that looks like any other product you would pay $5.00 for, but pay $25.00 because it has a medical claim on it.

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By: Herman Dey

Herman Dey — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 23:35:38 +0000

No it is not “okay” for doctors to sell retail products. We know it and they know it.

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By: Jay Jay

Jay Jay — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 04:39:25 +0000

Is it okay for doctors to “go retail”? No of course not. They are using the privilege of their medical education to cash in. Very slimy.

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By: Pioneers

Pioneers — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 02:04:22 +0000

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By: Jon J.W.

Jon J.W. — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 23:13:56 +0000

Are you serious? You had to remove half your article here because this law firm sent you a threatening letter? This in itself is likely a more intriguing story than whatever it was you may or may not have written about the mysterious Dr. XXXX whoever he is. The important point here is: doctors should NOT be selling retail products. As your College of Physicians wisely describes the practice, it’s “unethical and a conflict of interest”. Period.

Thanks – I’m a new subscriber to both of your websites and I must be in good company if you find yourself threatened by lawyers. Your blog is only one year old and you know you’ve successfully hit some nerves if Dr. XXXX needs to muzzle your observations already. Congratulations.

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By: Hamilton RN

Hamilton RN — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 21:23:34 +0000

I agree 100%. Physicians should not be trying to sell products. There are few specific exceptions to this truism: if a physician is using a product as part of a clinical procedure (a dermatologist for example who is administering medical treatment). But especially for these “celebrity docs” who are selling online (meaning they have no personal or professional health knowledge of any of the millions of “patients” they are “treating”) – it is clearly wrong, and these doctors know it.

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