Representatives from drug companies are undergoing some hard times, as physicians increasingly are closing their doors to them, or seeing them only via an appointment.

Subsequently, the number of drug reps is predicted to fall from about 102,000 at its peak in 2007, to 75,000 by 2012.

There are a variety of reasons for this, including the fact that more doctors simply don’t trust the information that’s presented, to medical schools Read more »

You may have heard the story of anesthesiologist Scott Reuben, who allegedly fabricated the results of 21 medical studies.

Orac, over at his blog Respectful Insolence, provides some perspective of the issue, saying, “Dr. Reuben’s fraud appears to eclipse even that of Andrew Wakefield [the disgraced researcher who wrongly linked autism to the MMR vaccine].”

Apparently, the pressure for academic physicians to generate results is Read more »

The makers and distributors of the promotional products of course.

It’s a $19 billion industry, and the ban is going to set these companies back at least $1 billion. Pen makers for instance, often receive orders in excess of one million pens per drug.

You may want to hang on to what you already have, as current drug-branded trinkets like mugs, mouse pads, and pens may become hot commodities on eBay.

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by Carl-Peter

If you are really trying to understand alcoholism and drug addiction, and find yourself asking, ‘what is drug addiction and what is alcoholism?’ hopefully I can help.

You first need to know that alcoholism and drug addiction are fairly complex so if you are one of those people looking to understand them, please keep reading.

To really understand them in depth, you would need to know the causes of Read more »

Many patients are fearful of taking prescription drugs.

And who can blame them? Drug advertisements prominently communicate a litany of side effects, and news reports routinely proclaim black box warnings and newly discovered complications.

Within this fog of negativity, patients have to realize the benefits of many medications, and this is what the WSJ points out (via the WSJ Health Blog).

Statins are the most obvious Read more »

In Today’s modern world drug testing had became very significant in workplaces and in different institutions within the last 20 years. Normally, urine testing is the most simple and common mode of drug experiment. Many people are found creative in their attempt to beat the drug test and formulated the products to mask the visual aspect of drugs in the system. Several products like masking chemicals, synthetic urine are Read more »

One of the main problems of a company or an organization can be the misuse of drugs. It can effectively harm the security, competence and status of any organization, and that too within a very short time span. There are quite a lot of hazards that are associated with the alcohol and drug uses within the work premises. Without necessary primary protection the whole working environment, and office premises can be destroyed.

To save Read more »