“What could be the impact of all the medications on my digestive system?”
I am 48 years old, suffering from both diabetes and high blood pressure. I have been taking a lot of medication for both conditions, but could these medications have an effect on my digestive system?
3 Answers
Depending on your medication, there can significant effects. Most common effects on the gut include constipation and diarrhea.
Difficult to say, but meds for hypertension and diabetes are extremely common and most people don't have any digestive issues as a result. Of course, side effects are possible but most patients have no GI side effects to these type of medications. If you are overweight or obese, then losing weight will probably help control diabetes and high blood pressure and reduce the need for medications to treat those conditions.
Yes these meds are capable of causing gastrointestinal side effects.
