Lowering the bar to increase prescriptions

Lowering the bar to increase prescriptions

By lowering the bar, I am referring to the issue of reducing measurements of what is deemed to be ‘healthy’. For example, in the early 2000’s, the pharmaceutical industry – I mean Government/Medical Associations – decided that the so-called healthy reference ranges for cholesterol levels needed to be lowered, as heart disease and strokes were still the leading cause of death. So, the previously acceptable level of around or below 7.3 mmol/L for …