On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:59:33 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
wrote:


"Harry Bloomfield" wrote in message
. uk...
Mary Fisher was thinking very hard :
We've been with the same practice for very many years and have full
confidence in their advice and the way they keep up to date with
research.

But I'm not a doctor, perhaps you are ...


I have always understood that the way it works with A-B's is that the full
course prescribed always has to be taken because it has to be enough kill
all of the germs causing the infection. If not all are killed off, then
the rest then become resistant to the particular A-B which was used.

Yebbut knowledge changes. I always understood that Earth was flat ...

You were just plain wrong then and you are just plain wrong now.

http://tilz.tearfund.org/Publications/Footsteps+71-80/Footsteps+74/Misuse+of+antibiotics.htm

http://snipurl.com/batsinherbelfry

"Often, people will stop taking the antibiotics as soon as they feel
better, and not finish the complete course of treatment. This may
reduce the effectiveness of the cure and can even cause the infection
to worsen."

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"Research also suggests that the way antibiotics are used might
contribute to an increase in resistance. So while doctors need to
prescribe correctly, it is up to the patient not to misuse them.
Different antibiotics are used to treat different bacteria and doses
able to kill or stop the bacteria vary, so people should avoid taking
their medical treatment into their own hands. "If you have an
antibiotic prescribed, you should use it for the complete course of
treatment. If you are haphazard about dosage regimes and you don't
completely eradicate the germ concerned, a resistant organism is more
likely to develop," says Dr Douglas Fleming, a GP and director of the
Disease Surveillance Research Unit at the Royal College of GPs in
Birmingham.

Derek