Friday, July 1, 2016

Cry Me A River

With a Free Meal from Pharma, Doctors Are More Likely to Prescribe Brand-Name Drugs, Study Shows

When the Medicine Doesn’t Work
In the meantime, as a doctor who bought the hype about OxyContin’s twice-daily efficacy for decades, I’m frustrated. While my gut sense that someone was pulling the wool over my eyes was correct, I was casting blame in the wrong direction—toward my patients.
Yes, because that's what doctors always do.
I know you're busy feeling sorry for yourself and all, and really can't stand the thought you might be wrong-  but you might want to consider the fact that the food industry has played you in the exact same manner.
Most of your patients are sicker and fatter because they do comply with your advice.

For decades.   Sheesh.