Medical students refuse pharmaceutical co. gifts

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Some medical students are refusing freebies from the drug

biggies and have an organization, " Pharmfree. " Here's a linke to

the article in the Christian Science Monitor.

http://www.amsa.org/prof/pharmfree.cfm

[Guest guest]

I love reading this, thanks for posting it. Pharmaceutical companies

often give doctors a bad rap

since they fund medical schools as well as shower them with these

freebies. Hopefully it will become

illegal for them to accept gifts from pharmaceutical companies.

a

On Jan 1, 2006, at 8:23 PM, alblau999 wrote:

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> Some medical students are refusing freebies from the drug

> biggies and have an organization, " Pharmfree. " Here's a linke to

> the article in the Christian Science Monitor.

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[Guest guest]

I know here in Ohio it IS illegal to accept gifts or " perks " from

companies. One company that I deal with used to take surgeons to

Indianapolis to the race track so they can go through the one day

driving school and then be allowed to drive a race car. I would be

given free tickets and transportation to races (the company owner

also owns a race car). Now, they are not allowed to do this. Kinda

sucks, I loved going to the race with the VIP pass. We could go to

the trailers, meet the drivers, go to the garages and pits. It was

so much fun. Thing is, too, we use this companies products a lot.

Most of the surgeons don't want anything to do with the competitors

products. We are not allowed to accept gifts, not even at

Christmas. Now, the companies ARE allowed to leave samples of their

products, such as medications, instruments, ect. But, they can only

be given to patients or used in their offices, not in the hospital

without going through a comittee. I know the Resident doctors

accept the drug samples because they run a free clinic and this way

they can at least give their patients the medications they need.

When my mom past away, she had a lot of medications that were

unopened. So, the ones that were unopened and in the original

manufacturers bottle with the seal intact, I gave those to the free

clinic for other patients. I couldn't see throwing these expensive

medications away. I do miss the perks!!..........Marina

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