Gwen Olsen
Allopathy
[2015] Ex Pharmaceutical Sales Representative Comes Clean, Reveals Horrors of Western Medicine “A large number of psychiatrists are dishonest, because I see them giving people drugs that they know are brain damaging therapeutics, that they know do not have positive, long-term outcomes, that they know will not cure anything. They just take a list of symptoms and call it a mental illness or disorder.” Children are given fake diagnosis left and right and put on mind altering drugs with suicidal side effects. Psychiatrists can diagnose mental illness today without any scientific proof. No blood tests, urine tests, or PET scans are required. The result is millions of children are labelled and stuck on these drugs, trapped in a culture of hopelessness.
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[2009] Confessions of an Rx Drug Pusher by Gwen Olsen
Adam Omkara: And you said you were actually trained to misinform people- Can
you elaborate on that?
Gwen: Well, initially when you start pharmaceutical sales training you are taken
into the home office for a sort of 'indoctrination' that's 2-6 weeks of
intensive training. That's where the industry turns representatives into
psychological profilers and people pleasers. The reps learn how to be people
analyzers, so they know how to best influence people. We were taught in training
sessions called 'knee to knees' and 'toe to toes' where you have a line of reps
that play the doctor and opposing lines that play the rep position.
You have to learn verbatim the company's position and their marketing lines- you
can't even vary from that. You practice and practice until it flows naturally
and doesn't sound rehearsed.
I started recognizing really that I was being trained to divert doctor's
attention away from his/her concerns. So, I was learning to misinform and
disinform- to counter the doctor's valid concerns. I wasn't trained to say "this
drug is bad for that patient" or "watch out for this drug's interaction with
that one." Any information perceived as a negative was always being candy
coated.
In fact many times we would be called into a meeting when a new sales piece was
being introduced. Managers would ask us questions on what aspects of the piece
we received the most objections on. What were the parts that raised the most
concern? After we gave the marketing department that feedback, the next period
they would come up with a different layout that had manipulated and minimized
the objectionable data. So, it was a constant set of circumstances where I began
to see that I wasn't allowed to give good information and I wasn't given good
information to share.
The industry knows that many of their drugs aren't safe and that they don't heal
people. In fact, some drugs are designed to make symptoms worse later on.
When I started becoming pro-active and began to ask too many critically
intelligent questions, management objected and discouraged me. I was frequently
met with answers such as "We do it that way because we can", or "We sell more
pills that way."
It was apparent my inquiries were not welcomed!
It was almost like being in the military, in fact, many of my ex-managers had
been in the military. Many are hired because they have great work ethics and
they don't ask a lot of questions. Military personnel are used to working on a
'need to know' basis.