The Post-Anti-Biotic Future is "a very real possibility"

Started by Jacob, May 05, 2014, 01:51:45 PM

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Jacob

May 05, 2014, 01:51:45 PM
http://www.vox.com/2014/5/1/5669526/get-ready-for-a-future-where-antibiotics-no-longer-work

Gonorrhea, Tuberculosis, and Pneumonia are all seeing drug resistant strains on the rise.

Mono, you should read the last bit of the article:

QuoteThe WHO doesn't say that a full "post-antibiotic era" is inevitable, but that it's "a very real possibility." So here's what people can do to prevent it.

Because antibiotic overuse is the main problem here, you should only take antibiotics that have been prescribed to you by a doctor.

But there's a twist: when you are prescribed antibiotics, you should take all of them — every last pill. While it might seem sensible to stop taking the pills when you feel better, it increases the chances that bacteria are still alive in your body and will survive and multiply, spreading their resistance to future generations.

Valmy

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May 05, 2014, 01:57:40 PM
Quote from: Jacob on May 05, 2014, 01:51:45 PM
QuoteBut there's a twist: when you are prescribed antibiotics, you should take all of them — every last pill. While it might seem sensible to stop taking the pills when you feel better, it increases the chances that bacteria are still alive in your body and will survive and multiply, spreading their resistance to future generations.

Oh hell that is probably not going to happen.  Let's hope doctors really push for it because I don't think anybody does that.
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DGuller

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May 05, 2014, 01:59:04 PM
Yikes, I can't imagine what it would be like to suffer through cold without taking anti-biotics during the worst couple of days.  I hate it when stupid people ruin it for everyone.

Viking

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May 05, 2014, 02:18:10 PM
Quote from: DGuller on May 05, 2014, 01:59:04 PM
Yikes, I can't imagine what it would be like to suffer through cold without taking anti-biotics during the worst couple of days.  I hate it when stupid people ruin it for everyone.

Just checking, you are being sarcastic right? Because Antibiotics Can't Treat the Common Cold: Antibiotics fight bacteria-related illnesses. Colds are caused by viruses. Antibiotics won't help a cold.
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Barrister

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May 05, 2014, 02:24:12 PM
Quote from: Viking on May 05, 2014, 02:18:10 PM
Quote from: DGuller on May 05, 2014, 01:59:04 PM
Yikes, I can't imagine what it would be like to suffer through cold without taking anti-biotics during the worst couple of days.  I hate it when stupid people ruin it for everyone.

Just checking, you are being sarcastic right? Because Antibiotics Can't Treat the Common Cold: Antibiotics fight bacteria-related illnesses. Colds are caused by viruses. Antibiotics won't help a cold.

:frusty:
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Viking

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May 05, 2014, 02:27:28 PM
Quote from: Barrister on May 05, 2014, 02:24:12 PM
:frusty:

There are some truly stupid people out there, sometimes DGuller falls into that category
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

garbon

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May 05, 2014, 02:30:06 PM
Quote from: Valmy on May 05, 2014, 01:57:40 PM
Quote from: Jacob on May 05, 2014, 01:51:45 PM
QuoteBut there's a twist: when you are prescribed antibiotics, you should take all of them — every last pill. While it might seem sensible to stop taking the pills when you feel better, it increases the chances that bacteria are still alive in your body and will survive and multiply, spreading their resistance to future generations.

Oh hell that is probably not going to happen.  Let's hope doctors really push for it because I don't think anybody does that.

:huh:

That's a standard instruction given when you are prescribed an antibiotic.
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Sheilbh

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May 05, 2014, 02:32:36 PM
Yeah. I've always been told to finish the course. I know people who don't and then hoard drugs which they self-prescribe for snifles. But I disdain them <_<
Let's bomb Russia!

Razgovory

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May 05, 2014, 02:34:15 PM
Quote from: Barrister on May 05, 2014, 02:24:12 PM
Quote from: Viking on May 05, 2014, 02:18:10 PM
Quote from: DGuller on May 05, 2014, 01:59:04 PM
Yikes, I can't imagine what it would be like to suffer through cold without taking anti-biotics during the worst couple of days.  I hate it when stupid people ruin it for everyone.

Just checking, you are being sarcastic right? Because Antibiotics Can't Treat the Common Cold: Antibiotics fight bacteria-related illnesses. Colds are caused by viruses. Antibiotics won't help a cold.


:frusty:

I think you and Viking missed the joke.
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Viking

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May 05, 2014, 02:34:33 PM
I haven't take anti-biotics since I was 10. The last time I used anti-biotics for anything I was force feeding them to a cat.
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

garbon

#12
May 05, 2014, 02:35:04 PM
Quote from: Viking on May 05, 2014, 02:34:33 PM
I haven't take anti-biotics since I was 10. The last time I used anti-biotics for anything I was force feeding them to a cat.

Wow. What a hunk! :wub:
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Sheilbh

#13
May 05, 2014, 02:36:08 PM
Quote from: Viking on May 05, 2014, 02:34:33 PM
I haven't take anti-biotics since I was 10. The last time I used anti-biotics for anything I was force feeding them to a cat.
Same. I can't remember when I last had antibiotics. I'd guess when I was a kid and I used to get tonsilitis every six months.
Let's bomb Russia!

Viking

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May 05, 2014, 02:36:26 PM
Quote from: garbon on May 05, 2014, 02:35:04 PM
Quote from: Viking on May 05, 2014, 02:34:33 PM
I haven't take anti-biotics since I was 10. The last time I used anti-biotics for anything I was force feeding them to a cat.

Wow. What a hunk! :wub:

A hunk with shredded fore-arms. Didn't get infected then, so fortunately didn't need anti-biotics then.
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.
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