Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Doxycycline ineffective at shrinking aortic aneurysms in two-year study


https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-05/vumc-dia052720.php


News Release 27-May-2020
Vanderbilt University Medical Center


Patients with a vascular condition called abdominal aortic aneurysm did not benefit from taking the common antibiotic doxycycline for two years to shrink the aneurysm when compared to those who took a placebo, according to a Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).


Abdominal aortic aneurysm is a swelling or ballooning that occurs in the major blood vessel (aorta) that supplies blood from the heart to the lower half of the body. It affects about 3 percent of older Americans, most commonly men and smokers.


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