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Drug Company Sales Visits Influenced Doctors, Study Finds - 23-04-2007, 07:02 PM

Almost half of sales visits by pharmaceutical company representatives advocating the use of the drug gabapentin led to doctors stating that they intended to increase their prescription of the drug or recommend it to colleagues, according to an analysis of a survey completed by the doctors shortly after the visits.

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