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Kudos to Dr. Jerold J. Kreisman for taking the politically incorrect view in defense of pharmaceutical representatives ("Defending the Drug Man," Guest Editorial, Jan. 15, 2006, p. 9).
One function of pharm reps is to convince us docs to prescribe brand-name drugs to our patients in lieu of (in many cases) equally effective generic drugs. An informed physician, however, takes the information the rep provides, and only prescribes the more-expensive meds when it is appropriate to do so.
The solution to the high price of prescription drugs in this country is not to take away doctors' free lunches. It's to hold Congress ...