TORONTO—A B.C.-based drug policy researcher warns that exaggerating symptoms, a phenomenon he says has become more common, could lead to the overprescription of medications and cause unnecessary harms and side effects.
Drug policy researcher Alan Cassels called this type of exaggeration “disease mongering,” while speaking at an Oct. 3 conference hosted by the International Society for Orthomolecular Medicine (ISOM) in Toronto.
