"European studies are usually the first to come up with truthful data."

Why is this?

Cathie

You should see at my psych doc office the waiting room is filled with reps and they get free lunches and goodies every time I'm there. I think bribery should not be. You would be amazed when I have been inpatient how I go in on nothing and come out on like 10 different pills which my insurance does not cover. I think meds can help and did for me in the past with ocd/anxiety and trying now for this issue but I do feel many docs look for the easy or quick try rather then looking at other possibles. I also wonder if docs really keep up with what they prescribe. I don't know about statins but I hope your dad feels better and sees things from different sides.

Thanks for that Daniella. I guess I will find out what happens on Wednesday.

About the drug company reps... You should see the medical buildings next to the hospital where I see a lot of my docs... Around the lunch hour, they are run over with these drug reps, who are pushing in carts of food, setting up lunch in the various doctors' offices and CAUSING YOU TO HAVE TO WAIT SOMETIMES ON AN APPOINTMENT WITH YOUR DOC... It is really outrageous. Sometimes there are so many, you cannot even get on the elevator.

I think the next time I go over there, if I see any, I will tell them my daughter wants to rep for a drug company, and ask them what kind of education she would have to have. I doubt that most of these people are educated in a manner in which they really know how drugs work and who they are best suited for...

There should be federal legislation introduced to prohibit the kind of behavior that drug companies use which makes it appear they are influencing physicians to prescribe their products...

Just my opinion,
Cathie