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December 2, 2008 4:45:31 AM CST



8 Meds Docs Won't Take

Posted Jun 23, 08 7:55 PM CDT in Glossies Science & Health 

(Newser) – Some drugs have such serious drawbacks that even doctors won’t take them, Men’s Health reports. The big eight:

  • Advair: Can actually increase the severity of asthma attacks
  • Avandia: Diabetes drug carries risk of heart attack

  • Celebrex: Related painkillers have already been pulled
  • Ketek: Antibiotic is more dangerous to the liver
  • Prilosec and Nexium: Heartburn is bad, but heart attacks are worse
  • Visine: Overuse can lead to more redness
  • Pseudoephedrine: Closely linked to meth

Source Men's Health

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A pharmacy.   (AP Photo)
A man and his prescriptions.   (AP Photo/Gregory Smith, file)
A pharmacy's stock.   (AP Photo/Lisa Poole)
Pharmacist Don Perdue.   (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner)
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