Payment Disclosure

Crook, Albert Allen

$6,000
paid by Merck »
Listed practitioner: Albert Allen Crook
Location: COEUR D ALENE, Idaho
Payment for: Speaking fees
Payment for: Speaking fees
Reported: Jan. to Sept. 2012

Notable drugs produced by Merck include:

Singulair (asthma, exercise-induced bronchoconstriction, allergies)
Januvia (diabetes)
Zetia (cholesterol)
Vytorin (cholesterol)
Cozaar/Hyzaar (hypertension, left ventricular hypertrophy, diabetic kidney disease)
Janumet (diabetes)
Isentress (HIV)
Nasonex (allergies, nasal polyps)
Fosamax (osteoporosis, paget's disease)
Cancidas (fungal infections)
Maxalt (migraine)
NuvaRing (contraceptive)
Propecia (male pattern hair loss)

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Important notes

The reports include both the name of the health provider who performed the service and, when reported, the entity paid. They may be different.

Source: Merck. ProPublica last downloaded this record on Jan. 9, 2013.

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