About this trail:
Journal of General Internal Medicine: 2008 Mar 7
“Conclusions: Accessing free prescription drug samples is prevalent among many categories of beneficiaries, especially among individuals with cost-related medication nonadherence and poor health status. Policies restricting or prohibiting drug sample distribution may adversely impact access to medications among patients in high-risk groups.”
“Conclusions: Accessing free prescription drug samples is prevalent among many categories of beneficiaries, especially among individuals with cost-related medication nonadherence and poor health status. Policies restricting or prohibiting drug sample distribution may adversely impact access to medications among patients in high-risk groups.”
Trail link: http://www.trailfire.com/silvercab223/trails/60587
Summary: http://www.trailfire.com/silvercab223/trailview/60587
Summary: http://www.trailfire.com/silvercab223/trailview/60587
0
0
Tags
Similar Trails
1
Journal of General Internal Medicine: 2008 Mar 7
“Conclusions: Accessing free prescription drug samples is prevalent among many categories of beneficiaries, especially among individuals with cost-related medication nonadherence and poor health status. Policies restricting or prohibiting drug sample distribution may adversely impact access to medications among patients in high-risk groups.”
“Conclusions: Accessing free prescription drug samples is prevalent among many categories of beneficiaries, especially among individuals with cost-related medication nonadherence and poor health status. Policies restricting or prohibiting drug sample distribution may adversely impact access to medications among patients in high-risk groups.”
2
Journal of Medical Ethics: 2006 32:559-563
“Most respondents (doctors) thought it proper to accept drug samples (92%)… A third (33%) of the respondents thought that their own decision to prescribe a drug would probably be influenced by accepting drug samples… Respondents who distributed drug samples to patients indicated doing so because of patients’ financial need (94%) and for their convenience (76%) and less so as a result of knowledge of the efficacy of the sample product (63%)…
“Most respondents (doctors) thought it proper to accept drug samples (92%)… A third (33%) of the respondents thought that their own decision to prescribe a drug would probably be influenced by accepting drug samples… Respondents who distributed drug samples to patients indicated doing so because of patients’ financial need (94%) and for their convenience (76%) and less so as a result of knowledge of the efficacy of the sample product (63%)…
3
The Annals of Pharmacotherapy: 1997 Vol. 31 No. 11
“Family practice residents value and use samples, although they are often unaware of the rules governing the labeling of samples... Drug samples play a significant role in residency training.”
“Family practice residents value and use samples, although they are often unaware of the rules governing the labeling of samples... Drug samples play a significant role in residency training.”
4
AAFP Policy Statement 2004
“The American Academy of Family Physicians supports the practice of physicians providing sample medications at no charge to patients based on physician discretion. The AAFP further encourages its members to consider the cost effectiveness of any sample provided.”
“The American Academy of Family Physicians supports the practice of physicians providing sample medications at no charge to patients based on physician discretion. The AAFP further encourages its members to consider the cost effectiveness of any sample provided.”
5
Dr. Matthew Mintz blog, January 2008
Free drug “samples may actually be more beneficial to the insured and non-poor who can ultimately afford these newer medications, and can be important in filling a gap for those who are between jobs and in the process of getting insurance. The real issue is how to get affordable medications to all people who need them.”
Free drug “samples may actually be more beneficial to the insured and non-poor who can ultimately afford these newer medications, and can be important in filling a gap for those who are between jobs and in the process of getting insurance. The real issue is how to get affordable medications to all people who need them.”
6
MediResources’ Senior’s Health 2007
“handing out free samples has at least one major benefit: it often does save patients money. In the free clinic where I used to practice, for example, the samples - birth control pills, antibiotics, etc. - were lifelines for some of our patients. But more important, I think, is that handing out samples rarely causes harm…
“handing out free samples has at least one major benefit: it often does save patients money. In the free clinic where I used to practice, for example, the samples - birth control pills, antibiotics, etc. - were lifelines for some of our patients. But more important, I think, is that handing out samples rarely causes harm…
7
Fierce Healthcare, July 2007
"It doesn't seem fair to penalize the poor and struggling middle-income patients who can't afford co-pays just on principle. As a consumer, I'm all for knowing physicians are unbiased, but the reality is that samples bring some pretty effective drugs to patients who wouldn't be able to get them otherwise…”
8
Eye For Pharma Blog, October 2006
“Drug samples are just the latest focus in the ongoing scrutiny of the industry’s marketing practices. Pharma’s need to anticipate that marketing reform advocates will eventually get their way and have the practice of providing doctors and patients with free samples prohibited. The shame is that although the industry will adapt and find other ways to get its product messages out to physicians, patients in financial need will lose one more avenue to access the drugs they need in a system that increasingly fails to meet their needs.
“Drug samples are just the latest focus in the ongoing scrutiny of the industry’s marketing practices. Pharma’s need to anticipate that marketing reform advocates will eventually get their way and have the practice of providing doctors and patients with free samples prohibited. The shame is that although the industry will adapt and find other ways to get its product messages out to physicians, patients in financial need will lose one more avenue to access the drugs they need in a system that increasingly fails to meet their needs.
9
Institute for Safe Medication Practices, Consumer Alert 2007
“A physician may give you samples of a particular medication at the time of your office or clinic visit. Typically, this may done at the start of a new prescription so the physician can see if the medication is effective for your condition and is well tolerated before you purchase a large amount. This is a reasonable idea, particularly if it saves you from having medications available that you can no longer use.”
“A physician may give you samples of a particular medication at the time of your office or clinic visit. Typically, this may done at the start of a new prescription so the physician can see if the medication is effective for your condition and is well tolerated before you purchase a large amount. This is a reasonable idea, particularly if it saves you from having medications available that you can no longer use.”
10
Pharmaceutical Research Manufactures Association 2008
“Free pharmaceutical samples can give physicians valuable first-hand experience with new treatment options. And free samples can help patients begin treatment sooner, find the right medicine, and offer and option for those who have difficulty affording their medications.”
“Free pharmaceutical samples can give physicians valuable first-hand experience with new treatment options. And free samples can help patients begin treatment sooner, find the right medicine, and offer and option for those who have difficulty affording their medications.”
11
SavingAdvice.com 2006
“Anytime that you are starting a new prescription medication or changing to a lower costing medication, ask your doctor for samples of the new medication. This is to ensure that you don't spend a lot of money for a full prescription bottle to find out later that the medication doesn't work correctly for you.”
“Anytime that you are starting a new prescription medication or changing to a lower costing medication, ask your doctor for samples of the new medication. This is to ensure that you don't spend a lot of money for a full prescription bottle to find out later that the medication doesn't work correctly for you.”
12
AAFP Policy Statement 2004
“The American Academy of Family Physicians supports the practice of physicians providing sample medications at no charge to patients based on physician discretion. The AAFP further encourages its members to consider the cost effectiveness of any sample provided.”
“The American Academy of Family Physicians supports the practice of physicians providing sample medications at no charge to patients based on physician discretion. The AAFP further encourages its members to consider the cost effectiveness of any sample provided.”
13
14
15
“What’s for Lunch?” is a humorous and entertaining look at some of the issues related to the various ways food is grown.
