Can Antibiotics Trigger a Manic Episode?: Understanding 'Antibiomania'
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Research from Johns Hopkins found that individuals hospitalized with acute mania were more than five times more likely to have been on antibiotics than a control group, raising important questions about whether can antibiotics trigger a manic episode. This phenomenon, dubbed “antibiomania,” is a rare but significant adverse effect that clinicians and patients should be aware of.
