Sugar coated pills not such a sweet deal
Medications are often sugar coated to prevent the medicine from causing, in particular, gastric upsets in those swallowing the pills. Now a new study is reporting that the very ‘sugar coating’ that is protecting the body might itself be bad for the body.
According to this study, sponsored by the Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority and published in Toxicology Letters, just one ‘sugar coated’ tablet of an easy to obtain over-the-counter medication ‘can raise the levels of phthalates in the body by 100 fold before being quickly eliminated.’ Apparently, it’s quickly eliminated, but the fact that it even gets into the body at all is concerning.
And you have to wonder, does it really go away all together in someone who is taking the medication for long term use?
Or will the phthalates level remain elevated and cause the patient to be at increased risk of endocrine related health illnesses?
The simple solution – take the phthalates out of medicines.
But what seems obvious to us will probably require many more studies to be determined by the scientific community.
