Exploitation – The pitiable drug representatives

i feel, drug company representatives have the lousiest job. Allow me to explain. Most of the small drug companies, hire fresh graduates for a salary of Rs. 4000-5000. Most of the companies insist on the person getting a bike before he can be given an appointment order. After this the area manager, takes them on [...]

The gift trap

This post is about us doctors accepting gifts from drug manufacturers. These gifts range from different size and costs. From pens to microwave ovens to television to diamond pendants to Direct to home set top boxes to laptops to books to exotic vacations…They are very creative. They see to that once you accept it, you [...]

Teachers that mattered

It is quiet some time since i posted. i thought i will post about some teachers that left a mark on me. My college days extended for a long 8½ years (5.5 in MBBS and 3 in MD). Quiet a few people left an impression on me.
These people can be broadly classified into two groups. [...]

old medicine new use

There is a good article cited by Gruntdoc. This is about the use of Minocycline in CVA.
It is surprising so many unrelated drugs are found to have so many other uses. Some have turned out to be quiet useful. Many just a hype. The example for previous one is Chloroquine in arthritis including the recent [...]

Practice hours – part 2

i belong to one of the last two categories. Essentially an individual practice. Here the patient comes to see the specific doctor because of him and not because of the popularity of the hospital. (People go to Apollo, AIIMS… mostly for the hospital name and not the individual doctor’s popularity) Doctors in this type of [...]

Practice hours – part 1

This post is going to discuss about the number of hours doctors are putting in their work in individual practice. Doctors from India can skip this part and go to the second part. The first part is just going to be an introduction of how medical practice is, in our country in general.
In India, private [...]

Hiding behind the cloak

i was reading Vijay’s note on evolution of his blog and i realised that i am going through the natural evolutionary process of a blogger. For months together i have been what seems to be a lurker. i do not have a sensible enough comment to occupy some one’s blog page. Hence i just read [...]

Making patients happy

i find often patient get scared if i write big numbers, like say, Levofloxacin 500mg once a day. (or for that matter any drug) This is more so in treatment of chronic disease like, in diabetes Metformin 500mg… They feel it is very powerful and that they do not need that kind of powerful drug. [...]