Just had a rather startling visit with a pharmaceutical rep. She laid it on pretty thick.

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46. I'm curious that her visit was about hepC treatment

On a recent visit with my PCP, he mentioned that he was getting pressure from pharmaceutical companies to get on board with testing baby boomers (like me) for hep C. He said that the survey didn't make any sense to him for a few reasons: it was a purely numerical study, with no identifiers, so that if a patient tests positive for hep C it wouldn't do the patient any good; patients my age who have hep C would have experienced symptoms before now and either died, had treatment, or been very ill. He just didn't understand the reason for the study. Is this what your rep was visiting you about? Could it be that they're having trouble getting docs to participate and decided to take it up a notch?

fwiw, I turned down the chance to be tested. I'm guessing the reason for the study--which is also being touted in tv ads for patients, btw--is to gather evidence for the need for a massive hep C treatment, and I bet pharma has just the drug for it.