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David Chelnick

The Iron Grip of Pharmaceutical Companies. David Chelnick. Ask your doctor about…. How do drug companies influence doctors & patients, and what can be done?.

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David Chelnick

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  1. The Iron Grip of Pharmaceutical Companies David Chelnick

  2. Ask your doctor about…

  3. How do drug companies influence doctors & patients, and what can be done?

  4. Although legislation exists to disclose financial relationships, additional regulation is required to mitigate the adverse affects of over-prescribing drugs.

  5. Overview 1 2 3 4 • Drug companies’ power over doctors • Drug companies' power over patients • Consequences of over-prescribing • How to resolve the issues at hand

  6. Vicious Cycle

  7. 1 2 3 4 Influence on the Physician

  8. Pharmaceutical Companies' Influence 25% of doctors are paid by drug companies for lectures and endorsements

  9. Pharmaceutical Companies' Influence 66% of doctors receive free meals from drug company representatives

  10. Disclosure… Sunshine Laws The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) “Obamacare”

  11. Sunshine Laws • Obama Administration: • About 1,100 drug and device makers must report payments to doctors • $10,000 fine

  12. Disclosure so far…? $761.3 million As of April 2012

  13. $31,647,101 • Nexium • Crestor • Symbicort

  14. $85,263,683 • Advair • Paxil • Zofran

  15. $176,247,405 • Celebrex • Lipitor • Lyrica • Viagra

  16. Influence on the Patient 3 4 1 2

  17. Power over the patient 33% of patients who have seen ads have spoken to their doctor about an advertised drug.

  18. Power over the patient Of those consumers, 28% asked for prescriptions

  19. Power over the patient 80% of such requests were granted

  20. Consequences of this relationship 4 1 2 3

  21. Journal of the American Medical Association: Up to 60% of all prescriptions in the U.S. are written for drugs being used in a fashion other than their approved purpose

  22. Antibiotics… 20% are prescribed for sinus infections (viral or bacterial)

  23. Be careful! More antibiotics= more antibiotic resistant bacteria

  24. Dr. Margaret Chan, director general of the World Health Organization: “This will be a post-antibiotic era…things as common as strep throat or a child’s scratched knee could once again kill”

  25. Can we solve our problems? 4 1 2 3

  26. A simple solution More regulation of money given to doctors by drug companies

  27. A simple solution Continue to disclose any financial relationships (At least keep this part of the healthcare bill!)

  28. A simple solution If we must… Regulate prescribing doctors

  29. Talk to your doctor…

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