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Story from PBA originally posted today here where you can also listen to the radio interview.
ATLANTA, GA (WABE) – In recent years, doctors have come under increased scrutiny about the money they receive from drug companies.
Medical schools across the state are now taking steps to better police these relationships in order to [...]
Or, Before You Take That Pill, the title of another of Dr. Bremner’s books, inform yourself about its effects, side effects and impact on overall health. Thanks to Dr. Bremner, Accutane, an acne medicine, is now off the market after causing depression. The drug also may have led to 300 suicides in Accutane-treated patients, which [...]
Review by Jill Littrell, PhD, on Amazon here.
The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg is a historical account of the personal life of Doug Bremner that details his quest to honor his deceased mother with a proper funeral and the simultaneous investigation initiated by Roche Pharmaceutical to discredit Dr. Bremner in retaliation for [...]
There is a new series of investigative journalism pieces from ProPublica about payments by pharmaceutical companies to physicians as well as a widget you can use to look up your own doctor to see if they are on the payroll.
In this article they write about how there are 348 physicians in the US [...]
Interview of me by Neil Shulman MD about my experiences with the pharmaceutical industry. Exclusive footage you won’t see on the mainstream media.
Part 1
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I justed posted a guest blog on the Dear Thyroid website, which is a advocacy group for patients with thyroid disease here.
Some patients have scars from their thyroidectomies, I clutch my neck [...]
A local FOX Atlanta show, you can see me and read about it here.
Reported By: Beth Galvin | Edited By: Leigha Baugham
Nearly 20 percent of American doctors get paid by drug companies to be consultants or speakers, and in some cases, they’re making quite a lot of money. So does that influence [...]
Hilarious spoof on fake medical journals published by Elsevier from the late Pharma Giles
I like the good things in life. Like liquor, women, reading, chess and working alone. I’m educated enough to speak English if I’m required to. I used to work for the Big P, but was fired for insubordination, thus starting a cliche that still hasn’t run out of steam. But I’m all done with hating them. It’s all washed out of me. I hate pharmaceutical companies hard, but I don’t hate them very long. How many ex-marketing VPs are there out there that have become litigation consultants? Not many.
As I have written about before, sociologists know that there is a group of innovators, early adaptors, and then the “herd” that follows along (see “Diffusion of Innovations in Service Organizations” or “Disseminating Innovations in Healthcare”). It is true for farmers in Costa Rica adopting a new type of grain seed, or for psychiatrists prescribing a new brand of antipsychotic.
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