Get the facts about Antibiotics, what they treat and when you can stop taking them....
Antibiotics are life saving drugs which are mainly used to treat bacterial infection. The
proper use of an antibiotic will protect anyone against infectious
diseases and
illnesses, such as tuberculosis, which has resulted in suffering and
death in the past. However, antibiotics are not always the answer.
Antibiotics
are generally active against multiplying bacteria, but
are much less effective against non-replicating (latent)
bacteria and does not have any effects on an infection caused by a
virus.There is a delicate balance of billions of bacteria inside our digestive
tract. Bifido bacteria in the large intestine and acidophilus in the
small intestine and vagina protect against infection by yeast and other
bad bacteria. Also "friendly" bacteria found on the skin protect against
bad bacteria, yeast and fungal infections. Continued use of antibiotics,
especially broad-spectrum antibiotics, can seriously disrupt the normal
ecology of the body and render anyone more susceptible to pathogenic
(disease causing) bacteria, yeast, viral and parasitic infection.
When we take an antibiotic, the first doses kill off the weaker
bacteria, and we begin to feel better. The stronger bacteria continue to
survive. If we stop taking the antibiotic before the prescription is
finished, the shortened course of antibiotics often wipes out only the most vulnerable
bacteria, while allowing relatively resistant bacteria to survive and that is why the drug resisting bacteria.
Antibiotics are not completely metabolized in the
body and are released as active compounds into the environment. So presently,
antibiotics make a considerable contribution to the growing problem
of active medical substances circulating in the environment. Only little
is known about the occurrence, fate, effects and risks associated with
the release of antibiotics and other drugs into the environment (after
being used in human).
Dosage is a very important factor in antibiotics effectiveness because if the dosage of the antibiotic is not complete, it will not be effective
for treatment of the infection and bacteria are more likely to develop
resistance. This is because the bacteria can continue to grow and develop
ways to disrupt the antibiotic's effects.
Antibiotics may interfere
with immune system development in children who are given broad-spectrum antibiotics before two years
of age are three times more likely to develop asthma than are children
who are not given such antibiotics.
DON'T demand antibiotics when your health care provider says they are not needed DON'T skip doses DON'T share the prescription with anyone else DON'T save the prescription for a later time
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