Flutterby™! : Is Prediabetes over-used? 2019-05-20 18:53:39.710795+02

Is Prediabetes over-used?

2019-05-20 18:53:39.710795+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

American Diabetes Association and shilling for Metformin: Prediabetes: The epidemic that never was, and shouldn't be.

Lowering the diagnostic threshold has clear economic implications. It's a gold mine for the pharmaceutical industry, thanks to the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists' recommendation that diabetes drugs be used in patients with prediabetes. More diagnoses mean more sales, even though pharmaceutical interventions rarely work for prediabetes and their side effects are well reported.

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