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Cult_ureS t1_jaejwqg wrote

Reply to comment by HydroCorndog in An anti-seizure medication shows promise in reducing the likelihood of heavy drinking, desire to drink, and positive alcohol expectancies, according to new research by chrisdh79

I'm curious, why do drug reps come to you as a pharmacist? I thought they went after doctors and people in the decision making process with regards to what drug to prescribe a patient

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unsilentninja t1_jaek9lx wrote

They convince the Dr's to prescribe it.

They convince the pharmacists to stock it

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Cult_ureS t1_jaekp4v wrote

Hmm I was under the impression that pharmacies carried nearly every 'popular' medication, and special ordered the rare ones when a patient needed one filled.

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jknott86 t1_jaf23tc wrote

Doctors don't like writing for medications that are not likely to be stocked. It creates a lot of extra headache if a patient gets somewhere and then the pharmacy says they'll have to special order it.

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