re: Why Are All the Doctors Leaving Comprehensive Pain Management in BR?

not the manufacturer, per say. pharma companies. I could have worded better. But there was a study (I'll see if I can find it, but it's been a while) that 1 in 10 docs are paid by companies that distribute pain meds.

eta this isn't the study I was looking for, but close enough I guess. 1 in 12, not 10.

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We were most surprised by the large number of physicians who received an opioid-related payment. In fact, one in 12 physicians (and one in five family doctors) accepted a payment related to a prescription opioid product during in the study period. These figures demonstrate the extent to which pharmaceutical companies are broadly marketing these medications to physicians in almost every part of the country.

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You think a manufacturer buys a doctor a steak dinner and a stripper and he's going to write more opiate scripts?

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Idk, maybe. How big are the rep's tits?