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Misuse of antibiotics can have a negative impact on cancer treatment.
Improper and long term use of antibiotics or excessive use of it helps to protect people against drugs and make the body vulnerable to infections. Also, studies have shown that improper use of antibiotics negatively affects cancer treatment.
Infections are the biggest problem in chemotherapy and antibiotics are usually prescribed for prevention and treatment.
To prevent infections, a large amount of medicine is prescribed. The number of white blood cells can be reduced to a degree that the body can not defend itself against bacteria and this severe infection can be fatal.
The results of a new study have shown that the longevity of cancer patients treated with the latest cancer treatments and antibiotics is half the cancer patients who do not take antibiotics.
An analysis of more than 300 patients at the Christie Hospital in Manchester showed that antibiotics eliminate important intestinal bacteria to fight cancer, which is why family physicians have been warned that before taking antibiotics, Patients think carefully.
The study looked at data from 300 patients with melanoma, kidney cancer, and non-small cell lung cancer that were analyzed with immunotherapy between 2015 and 2017. The survival time Among patients who took antibiotics (at any stage from two weeks before starting treatment for cancer, up to six weeks after treatment), they were compared with those who did not use any antibiotics.
The study found that patients who took antibiotics survived for an average of 317 days, while those who did not take antibiotics survived for 651 days. In addition, people who received antibiotics for a longer period or received multiple doses of the drug were less likely to survive and survived for only 193 days. This study was presented at the American Clinical Society for Oncology meeting in Chicago.
