Posted by wcfrench on October 23, 2002, at 23:47:31
In reply to Re: Educate members. You can't police the internet. » wcfrench, posted by Alan on October 23, 2002, at 22:46:38
> What do you mean? Many *doctors* are making their decisions based largely on info from pharm reps! That's part of the problem. Why do you think "face time" is the be all and end all in the business today? If doctors are indeed swayed by the cherry-picked test results, why then wouldn't suggestable psychological or psychiatric participants on PB be?
Doctors aren't. If you've had a good doctor, he will tell you that most results are produced by the drug companies, and that you really have to search and verify sources of information for accurate results. When I told my last doctor that I'd heard of Remeron being faster working than Prozac, the first thing he said was "you really have to read these results carefully and verify where they come from." On top of that, most doctors base their medication recommendations on past patient response and experience, not a cherry-picked presentation.
> Unfortunately pharm rep is indeed instructing how to medicate and from a from a self-claimed position of relative authority (consistently using Forest's own documented test results as evidence) and covering themselves by saying that their advice is based on contact with what a few doctor "friends" are telling them.
This should not be allowed, and Dr. Bob should block him if he is issuing medical advice. He is not a doctor. And even doctors who post here shouldn't issue medical advice to patients that are not their own. It should not be allowed, and it should not be listened to.
> Why is it alright for a pharmrep to dispense medical advice to a suggestable group in need of psychological help? The people that come here aren't here to pass the time I suspect. They're here to hear personal stories about medications...not the same corporate line that docs get every day but in reconstituted "Goober-talk". And if it's in medspeak, the average joe on this board isn't going to know what the hell they're talking about anyway....technically just far enough above their heads to have the consumer collectively nod their heads in bewilderment and agreement?
Then don't listen to him. Many do not want to hear what he has to say because of his credibility and lack of experience, and they simply heed other's advice. Let him post all he wants in med speak and post meaningless statistics. His audience will diminish and Psycho Babble will alienate him. Most of the thread involves argument anyway, exactly proving the point that we know how to think for ourselves.-Charlie
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