# Ugh pharmaceutical sales **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [August 18, 2006, 11:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ugh-pharmaceutical-sales/16123 "2006-08-18T11:34:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 67
**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2006, 8:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ugh-pharmaceutical-sales/16123/67 "2006-08-21T08:35:45Z")
> [@simplyfocused](#): > > get off my nuts, a doctor selling to another is ideal situation. I’m sorry but if i carried an MD, I think I would listen to someone more intently that had a D next to their name. And i think you would too. That title is worth gold It takes 8 years to understand how the body is effected by drugs. After that you apply the knowledge. While it isn’t necessary, i do think that the pharmacist has not the experience but more knowledge to apply about a certain drug. I don’t care how long you spent learning about the drug, there are going to be things that a guy with a pharm doctorate will better explain then youu will. I know you know enough to sell and make doctors listen, but i think they know a little bit more. With your logic, you’d be the guy to bring a full size SUV to tow a small 2 foot tire trailer. Whilst I do agree where an MD obviously knows more about the human body than our friend Jordan over here, you also must understand that making an MD (who could be utilized to treat patients, rather than run around and sell drugs) would not only be : 1. Not cost effective, because anyone with an MD is probably not going to take a job paying sub 100K, especially when they are paying back their school loans that are probably now upwards of 300K. 2. Not potentially effective, because a doctor, while uninformed about a drug, doesn’t need a pharm rep to baby feed him every single detail of a drug. Doctors (believe it or not) are smart people, and do their own research on drugs. A doc just needs to hear about the drug and the general pros and cons. That’s the primary job of the pharmacy reps. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ugh-pharmaceutical-sales/16123)._