Texas injury lawyer Beth Janicek posts about all areas of personal injury legal news with specific focus on medical malpractice, nursing home abuse, car, truck and SUV accidents and workplace injuries in which the employer does not subscribe to the Texas Workforce Commission. ...
I found an interesting article from MSN Health & Fitness regarding Eight Drugs Doctors Would Never Take . Most interesting to me was that two of the drugs listed were drugs I've taken in the past and never had any idea I shouldn't have taken them. More importantly -- they are still on the market and you may also be taking them. The eight drugs and why you shouldn't be taking them are: 1. Advair - asthma medicine. Advair contains LABA, the long acting beta-agonist salmeterol. Apparently, regular use of LABAs can increase the severity of your next asthma attack. 2. Avandia - diabetes medicine. Also known as rosiglitazone - taken for at least a year can increase your chance of heart failure or a heart attack by 109% and 42% respectively. 3. Celebrex - nicknamed "super aspirin". Also, known for it's side effects of increased risk of stomach bleeding, kidney trouble and liver damage. Celebrex is still available, although two other COX-2 inhibitors, Bextra and Vioxx were pulled off the market. 4. Ketek - used for respiratory infections can cause heart rhythm problems and can lead to liver disease. 5 and 6. Prilosec and Nexium - proton-pump inhibitors - are very effective at stopping acid production in your stomach. A lack of acid can increase your risk of pneumonia. The burning sensation you feel in your chest is the same stuff that kills bacteria and viruses. Also likely, is elevated risk of bone loss increasing your risk of fractures. ...
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