Sugar helps antibiotics work better, says study

[Jacob]

Not sure which section to put this in....maybe someone knows of someone on antibiotics or always seem to be on them..

http://drkevinlau.blogspot.com/2011/05/sugar-helps-antibiotics-work-better.html

The results show sugar can make certain antibiotics more effective at wiping out bacterial infections. The sugar tricks bacteria that would otherwise play dead into consuming the antibiotic and therefore end up really dead.

So far, studies have only been conducted in animals, and more research is needed to see if the same results hold true in humans. But if they do, it's possible the antibiotics we already have could be improved without needing to make new drugs, which can be expensive. In addition, patients may not need to take multiple doses of antibiotics to combat recurrent infections, which would save on health care costs, said study researcher James Collins, a professor of Biomedical Engineering at Boston University.

 

[Hillaro]

That surely will increase recurrent infections. And hope that results after experiments goes good in the end.

 

[Migel]

Interesting information.

There are also some reports about synergy between green tea extract and some antibiotics. The synergetic effect of green tea catechins with ciprofloxacin has been proven on urinary pathogenic bacteria E. coli:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15948727

On the other hand, according to the animal studies, green tea extract weakens the antibacterial effect of amoxicillin.