Comments on: Is your doctor a “thought leader”?

By: zaidpub

zaidpub — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 00:56:14 +0000

[…] Is Your Doctor a “Thought Leader”? […]

By: Dr. Joe Kosterich

Dr. Joe Kosterich — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 10:38:55 +0000

[…] wrote here a few years ago about a revealing National Public Radio report called Drug Company Flattery Wins Docs, Influences Prescriptions. For example, the report examines how doctors become KOLs in the first […]

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By: Carolyn Thomas

Carolyn Thomas — Thu, 03 Oct 2013 12:28:42 +0000

In reply to Annette McKinnon.

Prescribing stats from doctors is important data for drug company marketing strategies!

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By: Annette McKinnon

Annette McKinnon — Thu, 03 Oct 2013 12:10:46 +0000

Canadian drug companies also buy prescribing data on doctors from IMS. It’s very detailed and expensive.

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By: Choctaw Doc's Cerebratorium

Choctaw Doc's Cerebratorium — Fri, 26 Jul 2013 02:48:42 +0000

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By: Carolyn Thomas

Carolyn Thomas — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 02:33:12 +0000

In reply to Kathleen.

Pathetic . . . and appalling.

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By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 01:40:00 +0000

Just saw this for the first time. About 10 years ago an orthopedist performed surgery on both my knees after a serious injury. Only, after some initial improvement each knee began to get worse, much worse. When he could imagine no cause (other than my own fault) I managed a diplomatic divorce.

Another knee specialist looked at my file and solved the mystery within minutes. The first doc used a method that he himself had stopped using a few years before: Looks good at first, but actually kills the cartilage and leads to worse damage.

And he reminded me that the first doc is actually an “educator” for the device manufacturer. Between surgeries he had gone on several tours of Europe and Asia to demonstrate the effectiveness of this device and method. My sister-in-law, a radiologist, went on a similar junket in China a couple years ago.

And, of course, rep work changes their professional judgment in no way whatsoever.

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By: Confused

Confused — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:49:26 +0000

And here I thought that sitting in a jam-packed waiting room for OVER AN HOUR past my appointment time while listening to the sounds of chatty laughter coming from my doctor’s back office as he entertained a (pretty, young, blonde) drug rep was worth it because he was being “educated” by her…..

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By: Mooney

Mooney — Mon, 09 May 2011 08:08:14 +0000

“….It’s sort of like ‘American Idol‘. Nobody will have necessarily heard of you before — but after you’ve been around the country speaking 100 times a year, people will begin to know your name and think: ‘This guy must be important!’ …..”

This would be hilarious if it weren’t so embarrassingly pathetic. And dangerous. We’ve already been hearing of drug companies paying billion$ fines for illegal marketing practices to push sales using these co-operative doctors, oops, I mean THOUGHT LEADERS!

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By: PhDave

PhDave — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 17:46:06 +0000

In reply to Timothy Tumlin, Ph.D..

Tim, my understanding is that only two U.S. states currently allow this expanded Rx practice and many PhDs do NOT support it, no matter what Big Pharma or Dr. Carlat promotes.

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By: Paddy O'K.

Paddy O'K. — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 12:19:15 +0000

This is embarrassing for those docs who have been swept up by flattering smooth-talking drug reps and recruited as a “thought leader”.

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