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Mar 2015
Diabetes linked to repeated use of antibiotics
Researchers have found that repeated courses of antibiotics puts people at an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
A study by The European Journal of Endocrinology traced prescriptions of antibiotics given to a million patients in the UK, and looked at how many prescriptions had been given to just over 200,000 patients with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes, a minimum of one year prior to having their condition diagnosed, compared with just over 800,000 patients of the same gender and age without the condition.
Just under 50% of the patients had been prescribed antibiotics within the course of the study period. Researchers also found that the risk of developing type 2 diabetes increased with the amount of prescriptions a patient received.
Dr Ben Boursi from the University of Pennsylvania, who carried out the research, said “Over-prescription of antibiotics is already a problem around the world as bacteria become increasingly resistant to their effects.
“Our findings are important, not only for understanding how diabetes may develop, but as a warning to reduce unnecessary antibiotic treatments that might do more harm than good.”
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Posted by Karen Motley, Paralegal, Clinical Negligence Department, Chadwick Lawrence LLP (karenmotley@chadlaw.co.uk ), Medical negligence lawyers and clinical negligence solicitors in Huddersfield, Leeds, Wakefield and Halifax, West Yorkshire.
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