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It would be interesting to find out that a lot of modern psychological diseases might be caused by excessive antibiotic use disrupting the brain microbiome.
by empath75 8y ago
It would be interesting to find out that a lot of modern psychological diseases might be caused by excessive antibiotic use disrupting the brain microbiome.
- titzer 8y agoAntibiotics can certainly cause problems in the gut microbiome, but let's not jump to conclusions about the brain just yet.
- tgb 8y agoCan antibiotics pass the blood brain barrier?
- blevin 8y agoSome do, including penicillin: “Antibiotics that cross the BBB tend to have certain physical characteristics including: small molecular size, being lipophilic, binding to fatty molecules on cell membranes, low plasma protein binding and other specialized characteristics“ http://lymemd.blogspot.com/2013/03/blood-brain-barrier.html?m=1 http://lymemd.blogspot.com/2013/03/blood-brain-barrier.html?...
- b_tterc_p 8y agoThere is evidence to suggest antibiotics increase risk of anxiety and depression. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26580313 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26580313