Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Antibiotics - how important are they?


If we lose antibiotics...
A short but important article on the current issues with antibiotics and superbugs.






http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/11/end-abx/

Please:
  • Don't take antibiotics unless necessary, and
  • Don't quit too soon: take every pill you're prescribed as it's prescribed.

1 comment:

  1. AnonymousDecember 14, 2013 at 8:10 AM

    In recent news, the FDA has announced a plan to phase out the use of antibiotics considered "medically important to humans" in livestock feed.

    The news on the street is that this is all lip service. By simply relabeling the 30 million pounds of antibiotics currently in use for livestock as "preventive" rather than "growth", the system can stay exactly as it is.

    http://consumerist.com/2013/12/13/big-meat-big-pharma-pleased-as-punch-with-fdas-pointless-new-antibiotic-guidelines/

    http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/11/5200154/fda-phasing-out-medically-important-antibiotics-food-producing-animals

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