Is LVM pvcreate command distructive?

["Alphonse Ogulla" <aogulla@gmail.com>]

Hi,
Is the LVM command pvcreate destructive?
I want to add my entire slave drive (hdb) with one partition to the
exiting volume group.
Will initializing the drive with pvcreate destroy all data on that drive?

Rgds,
Alphonse