"All doctors are really interested in helping their patients"
"All drug reps/drug companies are really interested in helping our patients"

"All doctors are just out to make money"
"All drug reps/drug companies are just out to make money"

All generalities are wrong. But in the first pair of statements above, I would give a 90% agreement to doctors, and 10% to reps. In the second set, I would reverse the percentages.

90% of reps want to sell their product. Period. There is a thin veneer of "help the patient", but it is thin. Truth is bent, statistics are distorted, managed care coverage is grossly exagerated, all to make the sale. Sex appeal is definitely a factor. Cost to the entire health care system is ignored completely.

We see reps, they are people, and we appreciate the samples. But, as a whole, the whole rep system is to tranfer money from the 3rd party payers to the drug companies. There is very very little real caring for us, or for the patients.

Gene

Gene Nallin MD solo family practice with one PA Cumberland, Md