Comments on: Pharmaceutical Marketing is Good and Here’s Why http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/02/20/pharmaceutical-marketing-is-good-and-heres-why/ A Cynical Look At Medical School and Medical Training Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:25:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: josh http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/02/20/pharmaceutical-marketing-is-good-and-heres-why/#comment-16975 josh Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:35:52 +0000 http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/02/20/pharmaceutical-marketing-is-good-and-heres-why/#comment-16975 Some people think that healthcare is a human right (at least the UN declaration of human rights seems to think so) and do not think that people should be given different access to care because of their economic status. If an 8 year old is born in to a poor family should he be given access to medicine based on his parents income? Is he not working as hard as the white suburban kid up the road whose better schooling (via property taxes), supportive, crime free environment will land him a job as a pundit of medicine. Some people think that healthcare is a human right (at least the UN declaration of human rights seems to think so) and do not think that people should be given different access to care because of their economic status. If an 8 year old is born in to a poor family should he be given access to medicine based on his parents income? Is he not working as hard as the white suburban kid up the road whose better schooling (via property taxes), supportive, crime free environment will land him a job as a pundit of medicine.

]]> By: Hoover http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/02/20/pharmaceutical-marketing-is-good-and-heres-why/#comment-510 Hoover Thu, 29 Mar 2007 23:38:11 +0000 http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/02/20/pharmaceutical-marketing-is-good-and-heres-why/#comment-510 Drug research is great, as is pharmaceutical marketing. Pharma marketing is a necessary means to maintain profitability for the big pharm companies. Research is a necessary factor in the drug life cycle, and this research costs a considerable amount of money. Much of this money is made back (and then some in order to profit) through awareness created in drug marketing campaigns. Drug research is great, as is pharmaceutical marketing. Pharma marketing is a necessary means to maintain profitability for the big pharm companies.

Research is a necessary factor in the drug life cycle, and this research costs a considerable amount of money. Much of this money is made back (and then some in order to profit) through awareness created in drug marketing campaigns.

]]> By: Alouette http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/02/20/pharmaceutical-marketing-is-good-and-heres-why/#comment-509 Alouette Thu, 29 Mar 2007 22:50:13 +0000 http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/02/20/pharmaceutical-marketing-is-good-and-heres-why/#comment-509 I agree with you. Now I will tell you a story. Years ago when dinosaurs were roaming the earth (1992,) a drug came out to help people destress. I was a college student and the drug type was new. I was 21 and going through a divorce and went to a psych prof and asked him who would give it to me. He said he wouldn't tell me, "In six months you will be taking drugs to combat the side effects of the side effects and be on fifteen drugs. Sign up for yoga this semester and if you still want the drug in three months, I will tell you who to see." I cried and and he not only wouldn't tell me who to see, he said that he'd be very upset with me if I went to Dr. _____, another prof, who would tell me who to see to get it because the Dr. ______ thought the drug was great. I just resumed college and saw that professor who'd not give me the name of a docto who'd give me the drug and he laughed when I told him that I am still doing yoga and never took the drug or any in it's genre. (That prof is into biofeedback.) Now of course with the particular drug that I'd wanted that seemed like such an easy fix is now associated with possible suicide and other issues. The other prof wound up getting sick on the side effects of the side effects of the same drug and my mentor wound up getting him also hooked on yoga. What are your thoughts on drug research? I agree with you. Now I will tell you a story.

Years ago when dinosaurs were roaming the earth (1992,) a drug came out to help people destress. I was a college student and the drug type was new. I was 21 and going through a divorce and went to a psych prof and asked him who would give it to me. He said he wouldn’t tell me, “In six months you will be taking drugs to combat the side effects of the side effects and be on fifteen drugs. Sign up for yoga this semester and if you still want the drug in three months, I will tell you who to see.” I cried and and he not only wouldn’t tell me who to see, he said that he’d be very upset with me if I went to Dr. _____, another prof, who would tell me who to see to get it because the Dr. ______ thought the drug was great.

I just resumed college and saw that professor who’d not give me the name of a docto who’d give me the drug and he laughed when I told him that I am still doing yoga and never took the drug or any in it’s genre. (That prof is into biofeedback.) Now of course with the particular drug that I’d wanted that seemed like such an easy fix is now associated with possible suicide and other issues. The other prof wound up getting sick on the side effects of the side effects of the same drug and my mentor wound up getting him also hooked on yoga.

What are your thoughts on drug research?

]]> By: Hoover http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/02/20/pharmaceutical-marketing-is-good-and-heres-why/#comment-247 Hoover Fri, 09 Mar 2007 23:14:34 +0000 http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/02/20/pharmaceutical-marketing-is-good-and-heres-why/#comment-247 I agree JP. Havidol was an excellent idea and really did show just how much of an influence the "cheesy" marketing strategies have on consumers. I agree JP. Havidol was an excellent idea and really did show just how much of an influence the “cheesy” marketing strategies have on consumers.

]]> By: jp http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/02/20/pharmaceutical-marketing-is-good-and-heres-why/#comment-241 jp Fri, 09 Mar 2007 09:28:26 +0000 http://www.medschoolhell.com/2007/02/20/pharmaceutical-marketing-is-good-and-heres-why/#comment-241 i agree with what you're trying to say, but it's grossly oversimplified. of course drug marketing can be bad if drug companies are making up new medical conditions just to make a buck, and are using aggressive marketing campaigns to mislead both patients and doctors(nexium, vioxx, drugs for menopause). i think HAVIDOL is brilliant and asks the right questions. big pharma hasn't had much success in developing life-saving drugs recently, which is why it resorted marketing gimmickry. i agree with what you’re trying to say, but it’s grossly oversimplified. of course drug marketing can be bad if drug companies are making up new medical conditions just to make a buck, and are using aggressive marketing campaigns to mislead both patients and doctors(nexium, vioxx, drugs for menopause).

i think HAVIDOL is brilliant and asks the right questions. big pharma hasn’t had much success in developing life-saving drugs recently, which is why it resorted marketing gimmickry.

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