Physicians on the Roll

No one is denying that docs are being greased by drug manufacturers more than anyone else to sell their particular drugs to patients, that is to prescribe particular drugs. It seems that there is no harm done, because there are similar drugs with similar healing capability that are approved by the FDA, which is the key here. The rest is going to be the art of doing business where drug manufacturers spend a lot of money on doctors and it is part of their marketing campaign and advertising expense. But the question is, do doctors report whatever they get in a form of money from drug manufacturers as income? Or are they being bribed to show a preferential treatment? How about if they give out to unknowing patients drugs that are not approved by FDA and charge them for it, especially when they practice medicine privately. Therefore, this will be a much dangerous practice when compared with prescribing an approved drug whose effect on the patients is more or less the same.