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<p>[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 887693"]First off I am going to say the person or persons bashing Cephalon on the boards are probably stimulant or Strattera representatives. They are obviously scared of modafinil coming out in March for ADHD. I would be too. Don’t worry though I am sure you will keep plenty of business from the drug addicts and people who like the stimulants rush they get because they won’t get a high or rush from Provigil. </p><p>No one from Cephalon promotes Provigil or any other drug for off label use. I am getting sick of seeing posts about this stuff. Incase some of you representatives have forgotten, physicians are usually very intelligent individuals. This is how they managed to keep a near perfect grade point average in college to get into med school and then pass medial school and their boards. They figure things out very easily on their own. It is not that difficult of a leap. I have seen some posts from people claiming that Cephalon reps push Provigil like Snake oil. This is not true. Any representative that makes a comment like that has to be pretty ignorant towards their doctors. You obviously believe docs are too stupid to understand MOA or anythign else You must believe that a doctor’s knowledge is only as good as what the reps tell him or what the FDA says. Well, how in the world did they get through medical school without you telling them the answers to everything. It is not as though they can read the about stuff in journal articles.</p><p>If any of the people making these bogus claims about Cephalon promoting off label, would get a grip on reality they would start to see the facts. Since the beginning of medicine, physicians have been using medications to treat diseases; infections and what ever else might ail a patient and they have not always followed FDA guidelines. Once they become comfortable with a medication and they understand how it works and the side effects, they can usually figure out other uses for it on their own. Medicine is where it is at today because of doctors trying different things to help ease their patient’s suffering, give them back quality of life and hopefully extend their life. Just about every drug has been used off label by a physician at some point. IF you are truly a drug rep you should be able to understand that this is a reality. </p><p>If a doctor always follows the FDA guidelines then when if you were to go into the hospital with an upper GI bleed, from an ulcer, they would not be able to give you anything to help decrease the acid levels in your stomach. Even the IV H2 blockers do not have the indication. But you would probably be put on Protonix IV or an H2 Inhibitor at very high doses! If they followed the FDA, you would probably bleed to death. </p><p>Most Child Psychiatrists will tell you that more than ½ of what they prescribe is off label. Adult Psychiatrists and Neurologists prescribe off label too. When a 3 year old child has bipolar and is putting themselves in danger, following FDA doesn’t make since, do to the fact that there isn’t a single medication for that child in label. </p><p>So those of you who accuse Cephalon of promoting off label, are suggesting that a doctor doesn’t have the intelligence to figure out how to utilize a medication to treat sick child or adult unless a drug rep or the FDA tells him or her how to do so. Perhaps you should go sell copiers or something other than pharmaceuticals. OR better yet, tell your doctors that you feel they are not intellignent enough to figure out how to use a drug that treats excessive sleepiness unless a drug rep tells them how to do it and they won't do it until they are told to do so. They will aprreciate it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 887693"]First off I am going to say the person or persons bashing Cephalon on the boards are probably stimulant or Strattera representatives. They are obviously scared of modafinil coming out in March for ADHD. I would be too. Don’t worry though I am sure you will keep plenty of business from the drug addicts and people who like the stimulants rush they get because they won’t get a high or rush from Provigil. No one from Cephalon promotes Provigil or any other drug for off label use. I am getting sick of seeing posts about this stuff. Incase some of you representatives have forgotten, physicians are usually very intelligent individuals. This is how they managed to keep a near perfect grade point average in college to get into med school and then pass medial school and their boards. They figure things out very easily on their own. It is not that difficult of a leap. I have seen some posts from people claiming that Cephalon reps push Provigil like Snake oil. This is not true. Any representative that makes a comment like that has to be pretty ignorant towards their doctors. You obviously believe docs are too stupid to understand MOA or anythign else You must believe that a doctor’s knowledge is only as good as what the reps tell him or what the FDA says. Well, how in the world did they get through medical school without you telling them the answers to everything. It is not as though they can read the about stuff in journal articles. If any of the people making these bogus claims about Cephalon promoting off label, would get a grip on reality they would start to see the facts. Since the beginning of medicine, physicians have been using medications to treat diseases; infections and what ever else might ail a patient and they have not always followed FDA guidelines. Once they become comfortable with a medication and they understand how it works and the side effects, they can usually figure out other uses for it on their own. Medicine is where it is at today because of doctors trying different things to help ease their patient’s suffering, give them back quality of life and hopefully extend their life. Just about every drug has been used off label by a physician at some point. IF you are truly a drug rep you should be able to understand that this is a reality. If a doctor always follows the FDA guidelines then when if you were to go into the hospital with an upper GI bleed, from an ulcer, they would not be able to give you anything to help decrease the acid levels in your stomach. Even the IV H2 blockers do not have the indication. But you would probably be put on Protonix IV or an H2 Inhibitor at very high doses! If they followed the FDA, you would probably bleed to death. Most Child Psychiatrists will tell you that more than ½ of what they prescribe is off label. Adult Psychiatrists and Neurologists prescribe off label too. When a 3 year old child has bipolar and is putting themselves in danger, following FDA doesn’t make since, do to the fact that there isn’t a single medication for that child in label. So those of you who accuse Cephalon of promoting off label, are suggesting that a doctor doesn’t have the intelligence to figure out how to utilize a medication to treat sick child or adult unless a drug rep or the FDA tells him or her how to do so. Perhaps you should go sell copiers or something other than pharmaceuticals. OR better yet, tell your doctors that you feel they are not intellignent enough to figure out how to use a drug that treats excessive sleepiness unless a drug rep tells them how to do it and they won't do it until they are told to do so. They will aprreciate it.[/QUOTE]
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