An article on the Effect of Antibiotics with Green Tea.
Green tea has become one of the most popularly drank tea in most part of the world and same can be said about antibiotics in the world of medicine.
Antibiotics have been used to provide remedy and treatment to so many illnesses caused by bacteria infections.
Recently curiosity have reason towards what the possible effect of taking antibiotics with green tea could amount to.
Will the effect be positive or negative (i.e will it boost the effectiveness of the medication or it will reduce the potency it actually was meant to provide.)
Components of Green Tea
Green tea is made from a plant known as Camellia sinensis. Its dried leaves and leaf buds are used to produce several variety of teas, including black and oolong teas.
Green tea can be prepared when steaming and pan-frying Camellia sinensis leaves and drying them out.
Green tea is able to maintain polyphenols because it does not go through fermentation, and it contains caffeine too.
Uses of Green Tea
To know more about the effect of antibiotics with Green Tea, you need to know the uses of Green tea to guide your choices.
People use prescription product that contains green tea for genital warts.
Green tea is sometimes used to maintain cholesterol level, high blood pressure, prevent heart disease, ovarian cancer, and endometrial cancer.
Drinking green tea reduces the risk of clogged arteries and heart disease which has been found to be stronger in males than in females.
Green tea extract is possibly most safe when taken for up to 2 years or when used as a mouthwash, short-term.
Effect of Green Tea and Antibiotics
Green tea is a common drink in Egypt, and it’s likely that many people there take it while taking antibiotics.
Therefore, the researchers were aimed at determining if green tea would decrease or increase the effectiveness of antibiotics or have no effect at all.
Green tea is said to help antibiotics be three times more effective in fighting drug-resistant bacteria, such as superbugs, according to a study by researchers at Alexandria University in Egypt.
In a study by Dr Mervat Kaseem he claimed that “In every single case of 28 disease causing organisms where green tea was used with antibiotics it enhanced the bacteria-killing activity of the antibiotics.
For instance, the killing effect of chloramphenicol was 99.99 percent better when taken with green tea than when taken on its own in some circumstances.”
It has the potential to fight antibiotics says a new study and mat affect the gastrointestinal absorption of certain antibiotics.
It is said to be effective for many other conditions, but scientific evidence to support most of these is lacking.
Cons of Caffeine in Green Tea
Drinking green tea may worsen anemia.
The caffeine in green tea might worsen in people who suffer anxiety.
It might also increase the risk of bleeding. (It is advisable to stay off green tea if you have a bleeding disorder.)
When taken in large amounts, caffeine in green tea might cause irregular heartbeat.
The caffeine present in green tea might affect blood sugar control, diabetes, and requires monitoring of your blood sugar level.
It can make diarrhea worse.
It might increase chances of seizures or decrease the effects of drugs used to prevent seizures.
Drinking green tea increases pressure inside the eye, and this increase occurs within 30 minutes and may lasts for about 90 minutes.
But, antibiotics interacts with the body and breaks down caffeine to get rid of it. Some antibiotics might decrease how quickly the body breaks down caffeine.
Taking these antibiotics along with green tea can increase the risk of side effects including jitteriness, headache, increased heart rate, and other side effects.
Conclusion
From the few available resources made public, the effect of antibiotics with Green Tea have not been fully placed on specific lines of good or bad.
To an extent they work great together and on the other hand they could magnify problems.
As such, more research is required to draw distinct lines and conclusions on both.