No Free Lunch and why you should think about this

I stumbled on this Digg Pharmaceutical Industry's Systematic Bribing about to be Exposed which was interesting since I was aware for a while that this "bribing" is happening.

Take a look at this excerpt from
No Free Lunch: "Why should doctors “Say No” to drug reps?

Your doctor’s job is to make sure that you are prescribed the most cost-effective drug. A drug rep’s job is to sell his or her product, whether or not this product is in fact the most cost-effective. Not surprisingly, information provided by reps is likely to biased in favor of their product. Furthermore, reps often provide gifts—food, pens, pads, and more food—in hopes of influencing what your doctor prescribes. Again, not surprisingly, research (as well as common sense) suggests that this works: Doctors who meet with reps and accept gifts from drug companies are more likely to prescribe their drugs – and this may mean a more expensive and possibly even inappropriate drug. There are plenty of sources of information available to doctors—non-promotional, unbiased, independent sources of information, so there is no longer any need for doctors to rely on sales people for this information. Unfortunately, these sources don't come with free lunch!"

I looked for a doctor in my area who participates and the closest one is like 15 miles away.

I wish more doctors knew about this pharma-dependency and take action like instructed on this website. I also hope even more so that they actually do some more research in how nutrition effects a patients health and drugs are not the only answer....