Life expectancy has dropped because of antibiotic resistance, says ONS

UK Telegraph ^ | December 1, 2017 | Olivia Rudgard

[mazda77]

Then I am in really good shape as I just don’t take the things. Actually the most aggressive thing is Aleve maybe 2 dozen a year.

[greeneyes]

Antibiotic resistance - a natural development, though undoubtedly encouraged by some unwise practices.

Think about it - I’ll explain using narcotics for an example. The body adapts, and it takes more and more to get the same result.

So adaptation to antibiotics is to be expected. I’ve also read that some of the old time remedies have actually been successful in treating some of these newer resistant strains.

Eat nutritious foods - eat to improve your own immune system. Take as few medications as possible. Each added medicine for hypertension, for example, increases your risk of death.

Don’t take non-aspirin NSAIDs if you can avoid it - they increase risk of death from cardio/stroke.

I would rather take a generic that has years of data behind it than to take a newer medicine. FDA has too cozy a relationship with Big Pharma Companies. JMHO

[jalisco555]

There has been a big push recently for doctors to limit antibiotic use. The phenomenon you’ve described is quite a bit less common today.

[T-Bone Texan]

I had a friend bring me back a course of Cipro from India, and it was like 4 rupees, whatever that means.

I’m pretty sure it was about 45 cents, or something. She refused payment from me, it was so little.

Am I to believe that is made to the same standard as our Cipro?

[Ancesthntr]

“Am I to believe that is made to the same standard as our Cipro?”

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From my post #25:

“The problems that may occur are as a result of cheap Chinese or Indian knock-offs...and those are generally not sold in reputable pharmacies (Walgreen’s, CVS, Walmart/Sam’s Club, Costco, etc.). That stuff is mostly sold online...which is buyer beware for anything that is a “screaming bargain” - because there’s usually a not-so-palatable reason why the product is so cheap.”

[T-Bone Texan]

When I saw the little rat droppings in my Indian Cipro, I just told myself that they were flavor crystals.

[HollyB]

I do t think the drs hand put antibiotics very often thee days. Mine used to, but now ‘everything was a virus’.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

HollyB " I do t think the drs hand put antibiotics very often thee days.
Mine used to, but now ‘everything was a virus’."

Doctors in hospitals and clinics generally use anti-biotic hand wash that uses an alcohol base to kill bacteria; that hand wash does nothing to kill a virus.
Soap hand washing is now recommended to wash away any pathogens. The most common medical infections are pneumonia, C Dif, e. Coli, and Staph infections, although others generally occur in less frequency.
That would include bacterial, viral , and fungal infections The frequency of hospital infection is 1 in 25 patients, which adds up to 720,000 infections per year.
The CDC is aware of the rate of infections, and has cautioned the medical community against excessive use of anti-biotics.

[LadyDoc]

Fake report.
The life span is going down because of obesity, diabetes, and substance abuse.

Substance abuse and its complications (car accidents, suicide , homicide, HIV, hepatitis b and c) tends to kill younger folks so brings down the average age a lot.
As for big pharma, well, treating high blood pressure has saved many lives from strokes, heart attacks and kidney failure.
The generics are a problem because a lot are made in China and India and quality control or even deliberate fraud is a problem.the FDA tries to keep an eye on it there, but here in the Philippines it is a big problem.