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Patrick
2016 May 23, 6:56am
so true. all you need is an entry for your new "disorder" in the DSM and you can force insurance companies to pay.
astronut97
2016 May 23, 7:19am
There is a book I'm reading right now called "Overdiagnosed". It covers the issue from the side that much of the treatment spurred by these new lowered/raised levels actually help very few people and can actually cause harm.
zzyzzx
2016 May 23, 8:43am
Can you polish off a box of cookies while watching your favorite TV show? Could be a sign of "binge-eating disorder," said to afflict 7 million Americans.
It's a LOT more then 7 million LOL!!!
NuttBoxer
2016 May 23, 1:03pm
I saw an article recently that said 1/3 of all antibiotic prescriptions are unnecessary. Some people want an easy fix for everything, and the symptom craze is also a way to avoid responsibility for being lazy undisciplined lard.
Patrick
2016 May 23, 6:51pm
these class action ads are on the air as much as the ads for the drugs, often an ad for the drug followed later by an opportunity to sue for taking the same drug.
lol! perfect.
NDrLoR
2016 May 23, 6:57pm
About an hour ago up pops an ad for people who have taken Abilify and have "developed" a compulsion for gambling (shopping and other compulsions also considered)
Apparently vaginal mesh didn't work out so well either, I see that one every day. Glad I didn't have it done.
New and expanded medical definitions create more patients — and a lucrative market for drug firms. From binge-eating disorder to overactive bladder, new definitions or lowered thresholds mean millions more people — overnight — fit the criteria of having treatable disorders.
Know someone who shouts and pounds on the steering wheel when cut off in traffic? They might be one of 16 million Americans said to suffer from "intermittent explosive disorder."
Can you polish off a box of cookies while watching your favorite TV show? Could be a sign of "binge-eating disorder," said to afflict 7 million Americans.
Another 14 million men are said to have clinically low testosterone, 9 million women are said to suffer from low sexual desire, and tens of millions more are said to have bladders that are too active or blood sugar that is a little too high. That blood sugar level used to be considered normal. Now it makes you a candidate for treatment with expensive medication.
None of these conditions was considered part of mainstream medicine just 20 years ago. But thanks to new definitions or lowered thresholds, millions more people — overnight — fit the criteria of having treatable disorders.
Many independent doctors and researchers are skeptical, saying the new conditions are the product of medical groups that get pharmaceutical industry funding, researchers looking to advance their careers and drug companies aiming to broaden the market for expensive new products.
On top of that, the drugs sold to treat these newly defined — and not life-threatening — conditions often carry serious health risks, a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel/MedPage Today investigation has found.
Much More: http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/watchdogreports/new-and-expanded-medical-definitions-create-more-patients--and-a-lucrative-market-for-drug-firms--379981751.html#cx_navSource=hedgrid_7&cx_art_pos=10&cx_ab_test_id=51&cx_ab_test_variant=ctrl&cx_bucket=content-override&cx_pin_type=curated
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