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Old 18-11-2017, 06:08 PM #8
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Originally Posted by bitontheslide View Post
The more antibiotics are used, the more resistance is built up against them, so, a few misusing them can **** it up for everyone. The number of different types of antibiotic that we have is limited, and new varieties are not being generated quickly enough to continue to provide effective treatment, if people continue to use them at the current rate.

In reality, the biggest issue is not in taking them, it is in not finishing the entire prescribed course. If you kill the infection completely within your body, its fine, the job has been done. If you only take part of the course and the infection survives, it builds up resistance.
They are saying that is not the case now. Apparently not completing the course can be better. It sounds mad but there was something in the paper/on the news not long ago about it.

Found it.

https://www.sciencealert.com/experts...tics-after-all

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