Common Drugs Can Rewire Your Gut For Several Years, Study Finds
Our gut is full of tiny creatures that help us digest food, protect us from harm, and connect our digestive system and brain.
Medications disrupt this balance, and a new study finds the impact can last years. It's not just antibiotics, but other common drugs that cause intestinal havoc.
"The effect of drug usage has been underestimated,"
a team led by genomicist Oliver Aasmets from the University of Tartu in Estonia writes. The effects of antibiotics, psycholeptics, antidepressants, proton pump inhibitors, and beta-blockers are detectable several years after use.
Author's summary: Drugs rewire gut for years.
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