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    STUDIA BIOETHICA - Issue no. 2 / 2015  
         
  Article:   ETHICAL ISSUES IN DRUG PRESCRIBING PRACTICES IN ROMANIA. OPINIONS OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL REPRESENTATIVES.

Authors:  MAGDALENA IORGA, LASZLO-ZOLTAN SZTANKOVSZKY, CAMELIA SOPONARU, BEATRICE-GABRIELA IOAN. 		 
       
         
  Abstract:  The study aims at identifying the opinion of pharmaceutical representatives about drug prescribing practices by physicians in Romania. Material and methods: a number of 70 pharmaceutical representatives working with different pharmaceutical companies in Romania answered a questionnaire concerning drug prescribing practices by physicians. Variables like age, medical/nonmedical education, and work experience or work environment were taken into consideration. Data were processed by Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 17.0 for Windows. Results: 95% of the subjects appreciate that physicians use their experience with a particular drug when they prescribing it. A total of 67% of pharmaceutical representatives think that physicians cover the costs of activities related to their continuing education and training by sponsorships offered by the pharmaceutical companies. 66% of the participants claim that the physician’s relationship with the medical representative is important when prescribing drugs. Conclusion: the pharmaceutical representatives are considering that drug prescribing practices by physicians are influenced by several factors, related to health policies or personal criteria, including the relationship between the physician and the pharmaceutical representative.

Keywords: ethics, pharmaceutical representative, drug prescription, physician. 		 
         
     
         
         
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