{"id":65832,"date":"2025-08-14T07:05:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T07:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/65832\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T07:05:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T07:05:11","slug":"my-adhd-prescription-medication-may-have-given-me-heat-exhaustion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/65832\/","title":{"rendered":"My ADHD prescription medication may have given me heat exhaustion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Prescriptions range from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/dont-let-the-heatwave-affect-your-medicines-three-important-tips-from-the-mhra\" class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">diuretics and blood pressure medications to antidepressants and stimulant medications for attention disorders, external<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Certain drugs can increase the skin&#8217;s sensitivity to the sun, suppress thirst and reduce your ability to sweat. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Some, like the stimulants I take, raise your body temperature, making you more vulnerable to getting a high temperature and overheating. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We also see a number of commonly prescribed medications &#8211; including some antibiotics, antidepressants, acne treatments, and painkillers like ibuprofen &#8211; that can increase your skin&#8217;s sensitivity to the sun,&#8221; Dr Cave added. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">For me, the warning of this possibility had been there all along, in the informational leaflet that comes along with my prescription. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But I didn&#8217;t properly read that advice until I returned home from the holiday, wondering whether my meds were the reason I had been so sick.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Dr Cave recommended that you should &#8220;always read the patient information leaflet, and don&#8217;t hesitate to ask your pharmacist or healthcare provider for guidance&#8221;, if taking medication when the weather is warmer. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prescriptions range from diuretics and blood pressure medications to antidepressants and stimulant medications for attention disorders, external. Certain&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65833,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[102,6591,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-65832","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-medication","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}