Every doctor knows that there are two types of top-selling medications: Those that are popular because they are effective and those that sell well because of big drug company marketing campaigns. It is this second kind of medication that doctors avoid taking themselves.
"These drugs can kill more people than they help," Jacob Teitelbaum, M.D., author of the best-selling book "Real Cause, Real Cure," tells Newsmax Health.
Here are eight drugs many doctors won't take when dealing with their own health problems:
Advair. This asthma medicine has been estimated to contribute to as many as 5,000 asthma-related deaths annually because its active ingredient, the beta-agonist (LABA) salmeterol, can actually make an attack worse. Dr. Teitelbaum instead recommends getting to the root cause of asthma by pinpointing allergies or nutritional deficiencies such as low vitamin C. Alternatively, he advises treating the condition with the anti-inflammatory herb, boswellia.
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