This was published at the PharmaTimes site:
Free drug samples "can cost patients more:" US study
16 September 2008
Free drug samples which physicians receive from pharmaceutical manufacturers and then hand on to their patients may actually prove more expensive in the long term for people without health insurance, a new study finds.
The availability of free samples, which are only available for brand-name drugs, greatly impacts on whether an uninsured patient is given a prescription for a generic or a brand-name drug, it says......
........"Physicians and medical organizations need to ask themselves if samples are doing more harm than good," commented Dr Miller. "While doctors might intend to help someone by handing them a free sample, in the long run, it could cost them more. And removing samples from a practice can help doctors focus on which medication is best for a patient, rather than which medication happens to be available for free."
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http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=14353&src=EWorldNews
http://snipurl.com/3r539
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