MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) – Tidelands Health doctors are warning that some commonly used medications can increase the risk of heat exhaustion or heat stroke as temperatures climb into the triple digits.
Tidelands Health Chief Medical Officer Dr. Sean Nguyen said patients who take antidepressants, ADHD medications, blood pressure drugs or GLP-1 weight loss medications should be aware of how those prescriptions can affect the body’s response to extreme heat.
Nguyen said antidepressants and medications that reduce anxiety can interfere with the brain’s ability to detect rising body temperature. Those drugs can also affect sweating, which is the body’s primary cooling mechanism…