OK, I can't stand it!!

Today I got a copy of the American Journal of Medicine, a journal I do not subscribe to and rarely glance at. But there was a little doohickey included in the package. it turned out to be a USB thumb drive pre-loaded with advertising of a Viagra clone.

Now, I know USB drives are fairly cheap. But am I the only one that is offended that a company is going to send an advertising blurb that overall must cost over $10.00 a pop to every doctor on the mailing list of an unsolicited journal? Is there any way possible to see that and NOT believe that salespeople and gimmicks significantly increase the cost of medication?


David Grauman MD
Department of Medicine
Commonwealth Health Center
Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands