Is it dangerous to have too many anti-biotics?

Question

I've been on and off them since January this year, due to ear infections

Answer 1

Yes, it is very dangerous...something that lasts that long and that requires antibiotics (and they aren't working, obviously) needs further investigation. You will eventually (possibly) desperately need an antibiotic and, by using several for long lengths of time, you could end up not having more than just a narrow (and mild) antibiotic that you can take - and it might not have the power to knock out what might kill you.

Don't want to be an alarmist, but please have your ear infection problem looked at by an ear/nose/throat physician if you haven't yet. Doctors usually don't allow a patient to be on antibiotics this long...something's wrong...and you just might have the wrong doctor.

Answer 2

Absolutely, and here's why. Unless you have the kind of properly diagnosed infection that requires antibiotic backup for your own immune system do not take them. When you need them, the doctor will prescribe an antibiotic that is known to specifically target that type of infection. I do not know how you would be getting antibiotics without having seen a doctor, but if you have, you're treading on some dangerous ground. A lot of times people take antibiotics and then as they begin feeling better they stop. It is important when you do take them, to take the full course. If you do not, any of those organisms that may have escaped, will reproduce with a new ability - an immunity to the very antiobitics that killed off the others, and would have killed them too except the person quit before the full course was completed. We a re already beginning to see an arrival on the scene of "super-organisms" that are completely resistent to the antibiotics that used to work on them.
The other thing people forget is that when you kill off the "bad guys" you are also killing off the "good guys"-- organisms within your body that actually work WITH the body and with the immune system to protect you. So you have to be absolutely sure that you are taking antibiotics properly prescribed, for the right reasons. Finally, if you have been taking antibiotics "on and off since last January"for ear infections, and the "ear infections" are not clearing up, sounds as if something else is going on in there that needs an Ear/Nose/Throat specialist to take a look at

Answer 3

Maybe your doctor should give you a stronger anti-biotic. The problem with taking too many is that germs become resistant to them and then they don't work for you anymore. Maybe one good dose of a stronger one would be better than many doses of the ones that don't work.

Answer 4

Too many drugs is always a bad thing, for a start you never know how the drugs react with each other and bacteria will over time become immune, take the minimum you can, try to eat healthily and exercise as this helps your natural immune system.

Answer 5

The antibiotics themselves won't harm you, but you do run the risk of becoming vulnerable to various strains of bacteria that are resistent to antibiotics. It's a balancing act - you don't want to become so ill that you become physically weak and unable to fight off infection, but you don't want to use antibiotics unnecessarily and create resistent strains. If you're concerned about this, you may want to talk to your doctor about switching antibiotics the next time you need them, so that you attack the more-resistent individuals of the particular bacteria from a "new" direction, and give them less of a chance to build up resistence.

Answer 6

Yes because you will become immune to them . Don't let your doctor fob you if your getting one ear infection after the other maybe you need referring to a specialist to find out the cause of it

Answer 7

Get off of them, you are going to increase your potential to develop antibiotic resistant strains of infections. Use colloidal silver for ear infections, it works like magic.

Answer 8

if you're are always taking them for evrey little thing yes but if you only take them when something serious happens you'll be okay. when you do take anti-biotics make sure you finish the entire perscription or your body won't be able to fight it when you get it again

Answer 9

Yeah they become useless and your need stronger 1s they also weaken your naturel immune system. I wouldnt worry tho jan aint that long and there prob not that strong some people are on them for years

Answer 10

too many cause anti biotics not to work anymore .. basically you may develop an ammunity against them