It really is a shame that drugs have become so rampant. Big money everywhere and customers willing to sacrifice everything makes it inevitable that it will just keep expanding.
The over and improper use of antibiotics results in antibiotic resistant bacteria. Typically, many of these resistant bacteria are already in us, and antibiotics kill off so many good bacteria that it allows the resistant pathogens to have a “bloom”, which can kill. CDC estimates are that now 2m Americans every year are getting DR infections, killing some 23,000. Disfiguring and crippling many more.
The most common of the DR bacteria:
Acinetobacter
Campylobacter
Clostridium difficile (C. diff)
Escherichia coli (E. coli)
Gonorrhea
Group B streptococcus
Klebsiella pneumoniae
MRSA
MRSA Strain USA300-FPR3757
Neisseria meningitidis
Salmonella, non-typhoidal serotypes
Shigella
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Typhoid Fever
Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE)
Vancomycin-Intermediate/Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VISA/VRSA)
Vibrio vulnificus
Tuberculosis (DR/MDR/XDR/CDR)
Many types of bacteria can cause necrotizing fasciitis (”flesh eating infections”), for example, Group A streptococcus (Streptococcus pyogenes), Staphylococcus aureus, Clostridium perfringens, Bacteroides fragilis, Aeromonas hydrophila, and Vibrio vulnificus.
Though in many cases, such as outbreaks in hospitals, the best solution is to put strict controls on the use of antibiotics.