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We've debated the various responsibilities of pharmaceuticals and doctors in other threads, specifically about the Sackler family. This article, however, really brings home the way in which the drug industry knowingly manipulated doctors to sell more of their products.
I was a drug rep. I know how pharma companies pushed opioids.
I was a drug rep. I know how pharma companies pushed opioids.
Some of the doctors in my territory seemed to think of themselves as impervious to my charms. They acted as if they just nodded along, they could get my free samples and rush me out the door, no harm done. They didn’t realize how easily I could find out if they’d lied about how many scrips they would write. I’d be back the next week, guilt-tripping them about why they had underdelivered. That’s because, in addition to the extensive personal information we gathered — psychological profiles, their kids’ birth dates, who was having marital problems — sales reps had access to extensive databases about doctors’ prescribing habits.