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To: Curtis Frazier who wrote (19747)	3/14/1999 11:47:00 AM
From: BigKNY3	Respond to of 23519

Curtis Frazier <<For example, a doctor may get a set of golf clubs if they write at least 50 prescriptions for their new medication.>> Curt: Since 1991,the AMA set up guidelines concerning gift-giving from pharmaceutical companies to physicians. Non-medical gifts and payment for physician trips are a clear violation of these guidelines. BigKNY3

To: Curtis Frazier who wrote (19747)	3/14/1999 2:47:00 PM
From: VLAD	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23519

Curt, Beware of snakes in the grass...... ..............and the Ides of March.

To: Curtis Frazier who wrote (19747)	3/14/1999 4:20:00 PM
From: Edderd	Respond to of 23519

CF No one in thirty years of practice has ever offered me money or a gift for writing prescriptions for their product. If your prescription was for a drug that was not generic it could be new state of the art or in some (most) states the pharmacist must offer a generic product. Many times we will write the Rx with the trade name knowing the pharmacist will offer the generic (in FL). There is still a lot of arguing about what is "bioequivalent". "Similar" drugs are not the same as generic. Ed