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It’s no secret drug firms donate to political parties. But it’s still a secret exactly how much, and why Original

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By Deborah Gleeson, Barbara Mintzes, Cassandra de Lacy-Vawdon
| The Conversation Verified
Drug companies gave at least A$7.7 million over ten years to Australia’s major political parties, our new study shows. But weaknesses in federal disclosure laws mean nobody knows the true figure. We also show there are discrepancies in what drug companies say they’ve given and what parties say they’ve received, adding to the confusion.
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Drug company promotion negatively affects how doctors prescribe: Insights from a new Cochrane review Original

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By Joel Lexchin, Alice Fabbri, Barbara Mintzes, Quinn Grundy
| The Conversation Verified
When you seek medical care, you hope that your doctor will present you with treatment options that are proven to be effective for your condition, that harms do not outweigh benefits and that recommended treatments are affordable and account for your personal situation. But if your doctor has been influenced by messages, payments or gifts from drug companies, that is unlikely to be the case, as our team from Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States found.
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Pain and the struggle for relief: How fear influences patient access to medical opioids

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By Elisabeth Kramer, Andi Hermansyah, Anshar Saud, Asmin Fransiska, Barbara Mintzes, Desak Ketut Ernawati, Kirsty Foster, Paul A. Glare, Simon Butt
| The Conversation Verified
If you are in severe pain and struggling to get opioid medication in Indonesia, you are not alone. Despite the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) recognising several therapeutic opioid as essential medicines, Indonesia has one of the lowest levels of medical opioid use in the region, far below global and regional standards. Indonesia consumes only 26 opioid doses per million people per day, compared with 1,467 doses in Malaysia and 200 in Timor-Leste.
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