![]() ![]() In the e-Alert “Hearts Aflutter” (5/17/06), I told you about a Harvard study that showed how the regular use of inhaled steroids causes bone loss at the hip in women between the ages of 18 and 45. Just what you’re looking for in an asthma medication! But the suggested alternative is an inhaled corticosteroid – which presents an “out of the frying pan” scenario for women. In patients with asthma, medicines like salmeterol may increase the chance of asthma-related death.” The Advair website states: “ADVAIR contains salmeterol. But the list is still illuminating, because while most of the suggested alternatives deserve raspberries, a couple of them are surprisingly good. So this is a sampling of opinion from “plenty of M.D.’s.” And how many is that? A dozen? Two hundred? All the MDs in Ms. ![]() So we asked them, ‘Which medications would you skip?'” She writes, “Of course, plenty of M.D.’s do know which prescription and over- the-counter drugs are duds, dangers, or both. Unfortunately, the author of the piece, Morgan Lord, doesn’t reveal much about her method. ![]() One of my colleagues at HSI recently sent me an article from Men’s Health magazine with that intriguing headline. ![]()
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