Agricultural Chemicals http://halocarbon.com/fluorochemicals/applicati... Great listing of various applications of fluorochemicals including ones used in the production of agricultural chemicals.
Medicare Beneficiaries and Free Prescription Drug Samples: A National Survey http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18365289 ... 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.”¯
Interactions of doctors with the pharmaceutical industry (accepting free drug samples) http://jme.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/32/10/5... 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%)”¦
Drug Samples and Family Practice Residents http://www.theannals.com/cgi/content/abstract/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.”¯
The Myth and Reality of Drug Samples (PDF) http://www.law.uh.edu/healthlaw/perspectives/20... Harvard Health Law Perspectives 2008
“At least with drug samples, even if it is not the drug companies’ intention, they are easing the burden of prescription drug costs for some people. If the real concern is that samples are not available enough to those with the least access to them, look at connecting drug companies and/or physicians who receive the most samples to clinics and emergency departments. Do not sacrifice the mediocre in want of the perfect...”¯
American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP): Physician Dispensing of Drug Samples http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/policy/polic... 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.”¯
