Medications that Even Some Doctors Won’t Take

Over the weekend, I turned on the TV for one hour in the afternoon and just about every commercial was for a pharmaceutical drug. I was appalled. I think the ads condition people to think that there’s a magic pill for nearly every ailment, so why be vigilant about your health? I wondered what a foreign visitor to this country would conclude about our culture after watching this endless promotion of drugs.

What is not so widely known is that many of these medications can be so detrimental to your health that even some physicians won’t take them, according to a recent Men’s Health article . Here’s a list of eight drugs that physicians told the author are on their own “do not take” list.

• Advair (for asthma)
• Avandia (to control diabetes)
• Celebrex (anti-inflammatory)
• Ketek (antibiotic)
• Prilosec (for acid reflux)
• Nexium (for acid reflux)
• Visine (for eye redness)
• Pseudoephedrine

These are well-known, commonly used medications and for some people, they’re life savers. But the decision to use them shouldn’t be taken lightly.