FREE DRUGS FROM DOCTORS MAY LEAD TO INJURY AND INCREASED COST. CONTACT SO CAL PHARMACEUTICAL LAWYERS NOW.
News about drug companies halting free gifts to doctors such as pens, coffee mugs, clocks and clothing made headlines earlier this year. Now other freebies pharmaceutical companies give to physicians are coming under scrutiny: free medication samples. A handful of studies are showing that free drugs can have multiple downsides for patients including danger from packaging, inappropriate prescriptions, unknown side effects, and financial loss. To learn more about victim’s rights, please visit our website at www.alapwro.com. If you or a loved one has been become sick or died from taking free samples from a doctor, call 1-800-ALAWPRO to speak with a lawyer at no cost.
While it might seem a fortunate and money-saving event, receiving free samples of medication from a doctor can be dangerous. New reports by the Journal of Medical Ethics, the Centers for Disease Control and others have found a number of downsides:
- Drug samples are often of new medications. Side effects and interactions are often unknown with meds that are new on the market.
- 33% of physicians admit that their prescription drug choices are influenced by what free medicine samples they receive.
- Free drug samples often lack safety information regarding dosage and potential side effects or interactions.
- Pharmacists do not oversee distribution of free medication samples, eliminating one step in the safety system of prescription drug distribution.
- Some medication samples are not child-proof.
- Children receiving free samples lose out when warnings are later attached to the medicine after an extended time on the market.
- Free drug samples of name brand meds lead to recipients’ lack of generic drug use, causing patients more money.
If you or a loved one has been harmed or killed from medication in California, you need the advice of a Law Team that understands. At the The Rudman Law Firm, PLC, we have collected more than $150 million for our clients. Call us at 1-800-ALAWPRO (1-800-252-9776) for your free and confidential consultation with a lawyer. Help is just a phone call away.
