Posted by Kathii on June 12, 2003, at 11:38:16
In reply to Re: curious drug rep behavior. any thoughts?, posted by paxvox on June 11, 2003, at 18:46:14
The drug companies do benefit from giving away meds -
advertising
public relations
name-brand loyalty
tax write-offs
probably some government subsidy, tooThe whole time I was on Celexa I never had a script - they were all samples, in a huge dispenser box.
> Wow, that was an interesting link! I really had no idea that drug companies actually assisted patients of low income w/o insurance coverage, etc.... I must wonder, sardonically, if the rest of us somehow absorb that cost in higher drug prices. Call it welfare or Democratic Party health planning, but somebody has to be paying for it. Still, I guess those of us who can afford an extra few dollars per prescription have some sort of moral obligation to assist those who would otherwise have no access to medicines that would improve the quality of their life. I only hope that those who really NEED such help actually are aware that it exists, because I did not, and I have access to a plethora of information. Maybe the medical community communicates this information to the appropriate patients.
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