Antibiotic Drugs May Increase Risk of Cardiac Arrest: According to the World Health Organization, about 50 crore people are suffering from diabetes. Of these, about 8 crore people come from India. People who have diabetes have to take many types of medicines along with diet restrictions. Along with this, for some common problems, common medicines also have to be taken from time to time. But a recent study has found that people who have type 2 diabetes have a higher risk of cardiac arrest if they take common medicines. In cardiac arrest the heart stops working. If immediate medical intervention is not done then death is certain. Researchers from Netherlands found in their study that the risk of cardiac arrest increases by 50 percent in those taking antibiotics, anti-sickness and anti-psychotic drugs.
Effect of antibiotics, anti-sickness and anti-psychotic drugs
According to the Global Diabetes Community, the study found that people with type 2 diabetes, with or without a history of heart disease, were less likely to have cardiac arrest when they took antibiotics, anti-sickness and anti-psychotic drugs. The danger will only increase. This research is very shocking because most of the people suffering from diabetes often consume antibiotics. In an earlier study, it was found that people who do not exercise, have high blood pressure or smoke have a higher risk of cardiac arrest. In the study, researchers collected health data of 650 people suffering from type 2 diabetes and found out their medicine habits. All these people had suffered cardiac arrest between 2010 and 2019.
Do not take antibiotics without doctor’s advice
In this investigation it was found that 352 people already had symptoms of heart disease while 337 people did not have any heart related problem. Apart from all this, researchers also collected health data of 3230 people without diabetes and tested it. Now when the results of all this came out, it was found that the risk of cardiac arrest was much higher in those taking Domperidone, Macrolides, Fluoroquinolones and Haloperidol. According to the study, in people who did not already have heart disease and took anti-psychotic medication, the risk of cardiac arrest increased by 187 percent. At the same time, among people suffering from type 2 diabetes who took prokinetic medicines, the risk of cardiac arrest was 66 percent. The bottom line of this study was that if you are suffering from type 2 diabetes then do not take antibiotics or depression medicines on your own. For this, consult a specialist doctor.