Drug companies bought doctors fancy meals — and then those doctors prescribed more opioids - Vox

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Drug companies bought doctors fancy meals — and then those doctors prescribed more opioids Vox Doctors who had just one extra meal paid for by an opioid company were more likely to prescribe opioids than doctors who got fewer free meals, according to a new research letter published in JAMA Internal Medicine. The study, from researchers Scott ... Cheap meals for docs boost opioid drug sales, says Boston Medical Center studyBoston Herald Opioid-Related Payments Linked to Increase in Opioid RxMonthly Prescribing Reference Opioid pharmaceutical marketing influences physicians' opioid prescribing ratesNews-Medical.net all 9 news articles »

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