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Dollars for Docs

How Industry Dollars Reach Your Doctors

Talking With Your Doctor About Pharmaceutical Company Payments

Preparing for Your Conversation

ProPublica's Dollars for Docs database lets people search for payments to healthcare professionals made by 15 pharmaceutical companies, which account for about 47 percent of U.S. drug sales. The database includes the following payment record:

  • Payee: Thomas Cartwright
  • Amount paid: $1,525
  • Company paying: Cephalon
  • Payment for: Advisory and Consulting Fees

  • Location: Ocala, Fla.
  • Reported: Jan. to Dec. 2012

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If your doctor would like a link to this payment information in our database, send them to .

Cephalon produces the following notable drugs:

  • Actiq (breakthrough pain for patients with cancer)
  • Amrix (muscle spasm)
  • Fentora (breakthrough pain for patients with cancer)
  • Gabitril (partial seizures)
  • Nuvigil (excessive sleepiness associated with narcolepsy, obstructive sleep apnea and shift work disorder)
  • Treanda (chronic lymphocytic leukemia and indolent B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma)

Important notes

ProPublica last downloaded this record on Nov. 19, 2013, and includes the name of the health provider who performed the service and, when reported, the entity paid. They may be different.

Things to keep in mind before speaking to your doctor

  • Many healthcare professionals in our database have similar names, so you should start by asking your doctor if the person mentioned in this payment record is really him/her.
  • Pharmaceutical companies make payments for many reasons, from research to speaking to consulting. They payments are legal, but studies show they can influence a doctor's prescribing decisions.
  • Your doctor may not know he or she is listed in Dollars for Docs, especially if the payments are small.

Questions to Ask

Questions you might want to ask your healthcare professional

  • What are the specific circumstances of this payment?
  • What is your current relationship with this drug company?
  • What drugs have you prescribed me that are manufactured by companies you've taken payments from?
  • Are there non-drug alternatives that I may want to consider first?
  • Are there less expensive generic alternatives to the drugs you have prescribed?

For additional information on Cephalon's notable drugs

Cephalon provides a list of all of its drugs at . To read how Cephalon describes its relationship with healthcare professionals, read more at: http://cephalon.com/our-responsibility/relationships-with-healthcare-professionals.html.

 
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