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February 19th, 2016 
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Susanne Posel ,Chief Editor Occupy Corporatism | Co-Founder, Legacy Bio-Naturals
Researchers from the Harvard University School of Medicine have published a study showing that antibiotics can cause delirium, and other problematic mental states that might necessitate a closer watch from healthcare professionals.
By taking medical records spanning 70 years and involving 54 different antibiotics, the team looked at 391 patients who were on antibiotics and had developed dementia. The most common medications prescribed were penicillin, cefepime, sulfonamindes, and ciproflozacin.
While the degree of dementia development varied slightly, the researchers discovered that while on these antibiotics:
• 70% had abnormal EEG test results
• 47% had hallucinations
• 15% had involuntary muscle twitching
• 14% had seizures
• 5% lost control over their movements
It is commonly known among physicians that antibiotics can cause neurological disorders; however their use is weight against the probability. When considering the aging population, cognitive impairments brought on by medication is usually a risk doctors are willing to take.
In the case of dementia, a mental state that includes hallucinations and agitation, has been suspected to be caused by medication toxicity in 2 to 12 percent of older patients.
Delirium can have serious consequences because it almost always necessitates more involved care, which leads most elderly to be place in a nursing home. There the chances of the patient dying dramatically increase .
The dangerous antibiotics were divided into 3 categories by the researchers:
- Penicillin and cephalosporins caused seizures within days of initial treatment
- Procaine penicillin, sulfonamides, fluoroquinolones and macrolides caused psychosis within days initial treatment
- Metronidazole caused abnormal EEG scans, impaired muscle coordination and other neurological symptoms within weeks of initial treatment
Shamik Bhattacharyya, of Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, conducted a retrospective review of the study. He commented: “The antibiotics react not only against the bacteria but also have ‘off-target’ effects by interfering with normal signaling within the brain. Different antibiotics affect the brain differently, hence causing varying patterns of toxicity.”
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