Women, Don’t Lie About Your Health To The Doctor

LIE: “I’m not on any medication.”

Sometimes, not telling your doctor about the over-the-counter vitamins you are taking is an honest mistake because you don’t consider them as medication. Other times, you lie about buying weight loss pills online because your doctor might not approve.

If your doctor needs to give you a prescription, he has to know if you’re taking other drugs which may react badly to what he is prescribing or may alter its effects. The adage, “what he doesn’t know won’t hurt him,” is overrated. In this case, what your doctor does not know may kill you. Ibuprofen, for example, is a weak blood thinner, and it’s important for your doctor to know that you are taking it if he needs to put you on another blood thinner medication or a medication that may aggravate this side effect. It is not uncommon for some patients to have seizures or respiratory arrest after taking doctor-prescribed medication because they lied to their doctor about other drugs they are on.