"As if severely overweight people didn't already have enough health concerns, experts are raising another red flag -- the possibility that some of their prescription medications, especially antibiotics, may not be prescribed at the appropriate dosage and could be ineffective...And these fat people put the rest of us at risk.
'The number of individuals with the highest body mass index, very obese people, is up 600 percent between 1986 and 2000,' said David Bearden, a clinical associate professor in the College of Pharmacy at Oregon State University."
"'Very obese individuals in some cases, even those with severe infections, may be getting only half the necessary dose of a prescription drug such as an antibiotic,' Bearden said. 'That's a problem. It could lead not only to antibiotic failure but also an increase in antibiotic resistance, another serious issue.'"Yeah, "that's a problem."
One that could kill the rest of us.
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