[hereiskkb]

Can confirm. It is pretty abhorrent how widespread this practice is in India.

IMO, the practice ought to be made unlawful. Medicine is a life-critical sector. As such regulations need to be the tightest around it.

[Scoundreller]

One way or another, it’s widespread everywhere.

The exact degree may vary, but it happens everywhere.

Usually the laws and regulators allow prescribers tons of discretion, which is often subject to abuse that costs time/money/outcomes to somebody else.