The first bacteria to die with antibiotics are always the weakest organisms. When you stop taking the antibiotic after a few days, the strongest bacteria are left to survive and thrive.
Please see post 4 for the 1st order reason for this problem.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3147778/posts?page=4#4
Essential oils also kill super bacteria - I’ve used them to fight infections. But yes, I agree people not taking them properly has not helped!
I’ve had lyme disease twice (both times caught before 30 days). The first go around I was placed on some fairly strong antibiotics for 14 days and it cleared me up; but those pills were STRONG and messed my stomach up. The second time, same regimen only this time it was’nt working as effectively so I was placed on stronger meds. Sure enough, cleared up and tested negative but this time I was catching “colds” easier and my stomach didn’t settle down for a couple months. Took me a good three months to “get back to normal”.
Point of the story is if people don’t take their full and complete script they will have to double down with even stronger meds and those meds can clear out the “good” bacteria in us as well as the bad. These days I check for ticks at every turn as I don’t want a third round of lyme.
EPIC patient failure!
A ten day prescription may not be enough for some super bugs such as MRSA.
I was hospitalized in Serious condition in August 2009 with a pretty bad case of MRSA that started in my armpit. When I was discharged I was given a ten day supply of antibiotics and I completed the regimen as prescribed. The MRSA came back four times and each time I received a ten day prescription of antibiotics.
Finally, on the fourth recurrence, my Primary Care Physician told me that ten days was not enough. He prescribed three different antibiotics, two of them for 30 days. After the 30 days I was finally clear of the MRSA and have not had a problem since.
“We always hear about doctors over-prescribing antibiotics. However, an under-reported, big and dangerous reason for resistant bacterial infections is patient failure to complete the full prescription for 7, 10, or 14 days. People start to feel better after a few days, then save the rest of the pills for next time they feel sick.”
How about eating antibiotic laden meat products for decades.