Chocolate Cake

The name of this blog is Chocolate Cake due to the perks that psychiatrists get from the pharmaceutical companies. I noticed this beautiful chocolate cake, along with a wonderful spread of food, for the psychiatrist from a pharmaceutical representative this has been a continous perk. I told the psychiatrists nurse that I was amazed that they all were not overweight from getting so much food. The nurse informed me that it was an agency rule that they could only get a pharmaceutical buffet two times per month, otherwise they would be eating very good lunches all the time. Once in awhile, the rest of the staff gets a meal deal along with a lecture on some sort of topic related to the pharmaceutical companies agenda. I am sure that they have done studies on how to get people to use their product and meals seem to be a good way to package it. However they do not stop with food. They have fancy ink pens, clipboards, tissue, clocks, and even soap. Our offices are filled with medication paraphenillia. So the next time you visit your local psychiatrist you might take a look around his office and ask him how the perks influences his choices of medication that you get prescribed.