Pharmaceutical companies have been having an unusual relationship with doctors by giving free lunches to them, so doctors can prescribe medications for their patients. There’s been a large amount of people who say that even those small lunches should be banned. Consequently, in Stephanie Saul’s article, “Drug makers Pay for Lunch as They Pitch”, it is unethical for doctors to obtain free lunches from the Pharmaceutical companies in exchange to get these prescriptions for their patients.
No matter how big or small the lunches doctors get from these drug companies, the prescriptions that the doctors prescribed for their patients can cause a problem. The doctors are getting free lunches, however, patients’ life always comes first in play. If the medications get to the doctor and delivers it to the patients, how will the patients know if that prescription is good enough for them to take? Just because getting free lunches in exchange for the…show more content… According to the “Grow Youthful” website, the industry of the Pharmaceutical companies is based on patients and legal approvals. Yet, the more money that these drug companies make, the more it can bribe, threaten, and lie to whoever it is subscribed to. Moreover, Pharmaceutical companies are probably getting people to write to ensure that the results of these prescriptions that they’re doing, are a success even though they’re not. On the “Grow Youthful” website, it says, “Pharmaceutical companies routinely hire ghost writers or professional media consultants to ensure that the results of studies read the way that they want them to read - and they conceal potentially serious or even fatal side-effects” Even though these writers and writing about the prescription, once it gets to the patients, it can be a lie and can lead to fatal deaths or
