Vitamins Aid Postoperative Breathing Problems

The researchers discovered that the sedatives and painkillers given the patients were enhancing each other's undesirable side effects. After some experimentation, they found that vitamins C and E could prevent many of the breathing problems. In a test, they found that a group of healthy men receiving less oxygen than normal for three minutes who received vitamins C and E experienced fewer disruptions to breathing than a control group.

Future studies are planned, in which the researchers want to determine whether vitamin C has to be given in combination with vitamin E. The researchers also want to focus on the carotid body, which appears to function poorly in recovering patients.




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