"Have you ever wondered why your doctor insists that you finish your prescription of antibiotics? With all the fuss that we hear in the media about antibiotics becoming less effective and overused, one might assume that quitting your antibiotics when you feel better, instead of taking the whole course, would be better for our bodies.
Not so—for us or for our pets. In fact, the opposite is true, and antibiotics are becoming less effective precisely because people don’t take their full prescriptions or make certain their pets complete their medications.
Germs remaining after incomplete treatment of an infection are more likely to become stronger and more resistant to antibiotics. In fact, recent research suggests that the ability to resist antibiotics may go back 30,000 years, indicating that finding an easy fix for antibiotic resistance will be nearly impossible. "
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Not so—for us or for our pets. In fact, the opposite is true, and antibiotics are becoming less effective precisely because people don’t take their full prescriptions or make certain their pets complete their medications.
Germs remaining after incomplete treatment of an infection are more likely to become stronger and more resistant to antibiotics. In fact, recent research suggests that the ability to resist antibiotics may go back 30,000 years, indicating that finding an easy fix for antibiotic resistance will be nearly impossible. "
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