| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | Legal
USA. One in 12 doctors accepts payment from pharmaceutical companies related to opioids
One in twelve physicians - and nearly one in five family medicine physicians - accepted payments from pharmaceutical companies related to opioids, according to a new study out of Boston Medical Center's Grayken Center for Addiction Medicine. This is the first large-scale, national study of industry payments involving opioids and suggests that pharmaceutical companies may have a stronger hold than previously known on how doctors prescribe the powerful drugs. The study results are published online ahead of print in the American Journal of Public Health. (MedicalXpress, 09.08.2017)
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