“Over-prescribed” is an overused phrase that is usually tantamount to little more than “things are different than they were before” It’s hard to quantify meani

“Over-prescribed” is an overused phrase that is usually tantamount to little more than “things are different than they were before” It’s hard to quantify meaningful over-prescribing. It seems like the majority of people are in support of lowering the barrier to entry for most forms of medicine. Especially those that are non-drug therapies like sleep apnea machines. The counter point over-prescribing is the idea that restricting these kinds of therapies very likely cause a significant amount of people to have a demonstrably worse quality of life. Just because something is more common now does not necessarily mean it is overprescribed. It can just as easily be seen as a mistake in the past to under-prescribe, or the cost of treatment was too high, or access to treatment was inadequate