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In reply to the discussion: The Post- Antibiotic Era Is Here [View all]kickitup
(355 posts)52. There's some scientific evidence that he is actually not being foolish.
https://www.statnews.com/2017/02/09/antibiotics-resistance-superbugs/
Some doctors are starting to reject the idea that one has to take antibiotics for a set period of time to eradicate the bacteria. They believe taking antibiotics for longer than needed is also leading to resistance.
And thats one way to deal with the situation, said Dr. James Johnson, a professor of infectious diseases medicine at the University of Minnesota and a specialist at the Minnesota VA Medical Center.
In fact sometimes some of us give that instruction to patients. Here, Im going to prescribe you a week. My guess is you wont need it more than, say, three days. If youre all well in three days, stop then. If youre not completely well, take it a little longer. But as soon as you feel fine, stop. And we can give them permission to do that.
Some doctors are starting to reject the idea that one has to take antibiotics for a set period of time to eradicate the bacteria. They believe taking antibiotics for longer than needed is also leading to resistance.
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Went vegan in 1996, and have never looked back. Don't miss meat and dairy at all.
C Moon
Nov 2019
#23
I'm sorry to break it to you, but we are most definitely NOT in the "post antibiotic era."
Nitram
Nov 2019
#5
"We don't have any other line of defense other than antibiotics." Not entirely true as our own
cstanleytech
Nov 2019
#7
I'm sorry, but antibiotics should always be used in cases where our natural immune system cannot
Nitram
Nov 2019
#9
No, I am simply saying antibiotics are not the sole thing we have going for us.
cstanleytech
Nov 2019
#11
Yes but not everyone died as there were people that survived due to their immune system.
cstanleytech
Nov 2019
#17
But I never said or implied an interest in doing that all I was doing or trying to do was
cstanleytech
Nov 2019
#30
My close friend's father was a doctor who warned about mass antibiotic resistance decades ago
dlk
Nov 2019
#10
I have known about the risk for decades and I am not in the medical field and its why I choose to
cstanleytech
Nov 2019
#12
There's also phage therapy and we might be able to vaccinate against bacterial infections as well
ck4829
Nov 2019
#20
For the past 10 years, I have never been given antibiotics. This has been through Kaiser.
C Moon
Nov 2019
#22
I never see mentioned the availability of antibiotics without prescriptions
cyclonefence
Nov 2019
#29