by KYW's medical editor Dr. Brian McDonough
Is it always better to take more medication or a higher dosage of a drug? If some is good, more must be better, right? Actually when it comes to medications this advice is definitely bad!
Let me give you an example. In the case of a combination medication for lowering cholesterol, where two drugs that work by different mechanisms were formulated together, studies have found that the carotid artery, a big blood vessel in the neck, actually got thicker with treatment. In other words you don’t want to haphazardly add drugs.
It should be mentioned that this combination can be extremely effective in certain people who have specific needs but, in general, you’re always better off with one rather than two medications and the lowest dosage that can work.
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