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Physiology & Medicine / Antibiotics: How Long Before They Become Useless?
« on: 03/09/2005 13:37:34 »
Luckily you need a prescription to buy antibiotics in my country. Why is that a good thing then? In some places people take antibiotics uselessly and too often since they don't need to get a prescription for them. Moreover, I think that antibiotics are prescribed too easily -- at least in here.
Remember that antibiotics do not work against virus diseases (flu, cold, sore throat etc.) And if you take antibiotics too often some bacteria may become antibiotic-resistant. Let's hope SA (Staphylococcus aureus) won't become resistant to all antibiotic drugs in the future.
This may seem like something out of a yellow paper, but I remember some American scientist saying somewhere that the antibiotic drugs we have now will work for only five years. It would be nice to know what he based that estimation on.
Remember that antibiotics do not work against virus diseases (flu, cold, sore throat etc.) And if you take antibiotics too often some bacteria may become antibiotic-resistant. Let's hope SA (Staphylococcus aureus) won't become resistant to all antibiotic drugs in the future.
This may seem like something out of a yellow paper, but I remember some American scientist saying somewhere that the antibiotic drugs we have now will work for only five years. It would be nice to know what he based that estimation on.