Posted by Alan on December 9, 2002, at 18:26:21
In reply to Re: You miss the point, posted by Anyuser on December 9, 2002, at 16:24:44
> > There is a limit as to what can be expected from an individual seeking care. Yes, they need to be well informed, but they are not objective enough to 'by themselves' to rely on what a profit seeking entity has to say about it's product. The FDA is a good thing, even though it is far from prefect.
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> Exactly who is it on Psycho Babble that needs to be protected by means of censorship? You? Me? Dr. Dave? Alan?
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> > Finally, I never said Forest was bad either. Their marketing tactic is sneaky here though and I want to see if is in fact a regulatory violation. I think you may be being naive to think my post is messing with someone's personal life. Forest's posting is more likely a corporate objective not a one man show.
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> If I thought a drug company were peddling directly on Psycho Babble, I would be more inclined to agree with you. Indeed, Dr. Bob has blocked posters from peddling products before. I can't believe, however, that pharmrep is authorized by Forest. Compare Lexapro.com to his/her posts. I'd bet the marketing/regulatory suits at Forest would be pissed if they were aware of his posts. Also, Lexapro doesn't seem to be faring very well on PB.
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==========================================I don't get where you are coming from. You are contradicting yourself. You're for freedom of speech above all else (kinda like the "free market" will solve all of our problems as is popular to think politically from the far right today) but object to the possible FDA oversight policies that prohibit direct marketing without full disclosure not to mention ethical guidelines of the dispensing of medical advice...
You don't seriously believe do you that a pharmrep isn't directly pedaling by posting to PB? How could it be any more overt? How else could it possibly be characterised? That's the person's job afterall - pedaling through promotion (knocking down of competitors drugs, trashing benzodiazapines, etc, - the typical talking points of the reps company).
Alan
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