@afrobin My doctor avoids drugs also. I am borderline high blood pressure but so far he has not put me on a medication for it. He knows that I abhor how many drugs I am already on -- immunosuppressants, a PPI for Barrett's Esophagus, and levothyroxine for thyroid -- so he is not in a rush to push more.
I know too that he really tried to figure out what was wrong with me before a non-alcoholic diagnosis was finally made by a neurologist, but I really don't know how with all the symptoms I had he missed seeing what should have been obvious. My hematologist commented that if anyone would get to the bottom of what my problem is, it would be my PCP. Unfortunately, he did not though, and that could have cost me my life.
JK