Your physician gives you a prescription for an antibiotic. You take the antibiotic until you are feeling better and decide to save the remaining doses for future use.
a) By using less of the antibiotic, you decrease the exposure of bacteria to that antibiotic and thus help to make sure that the antibiotic will remain effective when used in the future.
b) you are contributing to that antibiotic being less effective the next time it is used.
c) by decreasing your reliance on antibiotics you are promoting the health of your immune system.
d) you are making yourself immune to that antibiotic.
e) you are saving yourself from having to pay money to renew the prescription when, at some time in the future, you again need that antibiotic.
2006-12-10 16:35:47 · 11 answers · asked by karen y 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
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2006-12-10 16:44:03 · answer #1 · answered by kipp B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If this is some sort of multiple choice test, I like the second answer choice best. However, in reality, I recommend taking the full dose of antibiotic prescribed. It will eliminate the bacteria and boost your immune system. You should never take prescribed medicines after their expiration date, as certain compounds within the pills can deteriorate and be less beneficial, perhaps even malicious, to the body.
2006-12-11 00:39:58 · answer #2 · answered by spaabroadway 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
(b). You allow infectious bacteria with a limited degree of resistance to antibiotic to survive and reproduce. If you got the full course, those somewhat-resistant bacteria would have died along with the rest of population. Instead, you make sure they survive and outcompete the less-resistant bacteria.
2006-12-11 00:40:57 · answer #3 · answered by BrokenMirror 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People, take the antibiotic until completely finished.. Otherwise you are open to a "super bug" that the antibiotic won't cure...Don't try to second guess your physician...
2006-12-11 00:44:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm no doctor, but I think you should keep taking the full priscription.....even when you start feeling better. That's what I had to do when I took antibiotics.... I may be wrong.
The best thing to do is ask your doctor!
2006-12-11 00:42:35 · answer #5 · answered by Money 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
B), you are creating bacteria in you that are more resistant to that antibiotic, so that the next time you take it, it wont work so well
2006-12-11 00:41:41 · answer #6 · answered by jennypjd 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
B. Even if you feel better there can still be live bacteria in your system. These bacteria can then develop a resistance to the drug. You can then have a recurrence of the illness or spread the resistant bacteria to others.
2006-12-11 00:40:56 · answer #7 · answered by TMS 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Answer: F...none of the above..dont take antibiotics!
2006-12-11 00:37:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"F" - but not the "F" 'fdrbcs' uses!
You should use it until it is finished - or you could suffer a relapse. The 'scaremongering' that over-use of anti-biotics will produce "super-bugs" has not been verified, while your indivdual use of any anti-biotic is not likely to tip the scales.
2006-12-11 00:45:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
B and you are also contributing to the next generation of "super bugs"
2006-12-11 00:39:12 · answer #10 · answered by Maynard J Stinkfist 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋