Reply #38: It must be hard [View All]

to deal with the drug peddlers as I call em. I am chronic patient (in there every 4 weeks) and had a discussion with one of my doctors recently about this very thing. He treats quite a few geriatric patients and many meds just aren't covered by medicare so he supplies them with free samples so he looks at this like a necessary evil. That doctor still volunteers twice a year in Nigeria for an AIDS clinic. By the way I love him to death.

Another doctor I see refuses to see the reps without an appointment. I am equally proud of his stance. As the OP pointed out if we could get our meds for a decent price or better yet free especially for our elderly on fixed incomes, doctors wouldn't have to be hounded day in and day out.

What can you do? :shrug:

It is a catch-22 for those in the medical industry and you all have my sympathy.