Are antibiotics overprescribed? Many people around the world are victims of bacterial antibiotic resistance. This is a result of doctors overprescribing antibiotics when unnecessary. Many antibiotics are prescribed for illnesses that caused by viruses. Doctors grab their prescription pad, when symptoms of common infection are shown in their patients, as there is no accurate diagnostic testing for bacterial infections. Bacteria become resistant to antibiotics through overexposure. On the other hand many people believe that the prescribing of antibiotics is important. It keeps the disease at bay and ensures a healthy population. (Anon, 2016)
Antibiotics are substances that kill bacteria or stop their growth. They don’t work against viruses, as viruses live and reproduce inside cells. Penicillin was the first antibiotic discovered in 1928 by Alexander Fleming. (American Chemical Society, 2016)
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Antibiotics have a major contribution to human health. Many diseases that once killed people can now be treated effectively with antibiotics. Another benefit of antibiotics is that they are cost effective. Antibiotics reduce bacteria causing the infection to a point where your own immune cells can then fight them off. Your immune system is the one that always gets rid of an infection. (Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015) Antibiotics are just a helping hand. Antibiotics have saved more lives since the early 1900’s than almost any other medication. (HealthyChildren.org, 2016)
It can be observed that antibiotics have several benefits and disadvantages. They’re quite effective, reducing the number of absenteeism from school and work but also the overexposure to antibiotics causes strains of bacteria to survive the exposure and pass on their resistance trait. Therefore the suitable solution would to reduce inappropriate antibiotic use in patients and prescribe when absolutely
Antibiotics are substances that kill bacteria or stop their growth. They don’t work against viruses, as viruses live and reproduce inside cells. Penicillin was the first antibiotic discovered in 1928 by Alexander Fleming. (American Chemical Society, 2016)
Alexander …show more content…
Antibiotics have a major contribution to human health. Many diseases that once killed people can now be treated effectively with antibiotics. Another benefit of antibiotics is that they are cost effective. Antibiotics reduce bacteria causing the infection to a point where your own immune cells can then fight them off. Your immune system is the one that always gets rid of an infection. (Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015) Antibiotics are just a helping hand. Antibiotics have saved more lives since the early 1900’s than almost any other medication. (HealthyChildren.org, 2016)
It can be observed that antibiotics have several benefits and disadvantages. They’re quite effective, reducing the number of absenteeism from school and work but also the overexposure to antibiotics causes strains of bacteria to survive the exposure and pass on their resistance trait. Therefore the suitable solution would to reduce inappropriate antibiotic use in patients and prescribe when absolutely