Pima County Health Department warns some medications can increase heat risk

TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) – Triple-digit temperatures are back in southern Arizona, and Pima County is working to prevent as many heat-related deaths as possible.

Health officials said they are seeing a “quiet culprit” show up in the data: common medications that can change how the body reacts to extreme heat.

“We’re really noticing that there’s a medication interaction with how their body’s reacting to heat,” said Betsy Camara with the Pima County Health Department’s Heat Relief and Response team…

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