Show 1172: How Can Antibiotics Affect Your Brain?

The People's Pharmacy

Joe and Terry Graedon

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Kids & Family, Alternative Health

4.5 • 934 Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2019

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Antibiotics are crucial for treating serious infections, but the specter of bacterial resistance to antibiotics is scary. Many public health experts have called for more diligent antibiotic stewardship to protect the usefulness of these medication. How Might Antibiotics Affect Your Brain? Some physicians point to other, equally compelling reasons to use antibiotics more judiciously. They […]

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0:00.0	I'm Joe Gradyton and I'm Terry Grady. Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy.
0:06.1	You can find previous podcasts and more information on a range of health topics at people's pharmacy.com.
0:14.0	Have we been too careless with antibiotics?
0:18.0	Fluoronolones like Sipro and Levequin to have some unexpected side effects. This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe
0:26.3	Grayden.
0:30.3	It took decades for the FDA to warn about tendon rupture with luroquinolones.
0:39.0	Other unanticipated complications include aortic aneurysms and nerve damage. What other problems might patients
0:46.2	experience with such antibiotics? Gout affects 8 million people in the United States.
0:52.1	The pain can be excruciating.
0:54.8	What causes gout and what can you do to prevent an attack?
0:58.6	Have you ever peed when you sneeze, laughed, or lifted something heavy?
1:02.3	Stress incontinence is a delicate topic,
1:04.6	but very common.
1:05.9	What can be done?
1:07.1	Coming up on the People's Pharmacy Health Updates
1:09.7	that matter to you. Welcome to the People's Pharmacy.
1:17.0	I'm Joe Grayden.
1:19.0	I'm a pharmacologist.
1:21.0	And I'm Terry Grayden.
1:22.0	I'm a medical anthropologist.
1:24.0	Today we're talking about the health news that matters to you.
1:28.0	Have you ever had a gout attack?
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