11 Apr 2013 Doctors often not informed of drugs’ harmful effects during sales visits: study
Sheryl Ubelacker,
The Canadian Press April 10, 2013 9:27 am
Most family doctors say they receive little or no information about harmful effects of medications when visited by drug company sales representatives promoting their products, a survey of Canadian, U.S. and French physicians has found.
Even so, many of the doctors surveyed said they were likely to start prescribing or increase prescriptions of promoted drugs following sales rep visits, consistent with previous research that shows prescribing behaviour is influenced by pharmaceutical companies’ promotion.”
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