Stopping Your Antibiotics Too Early Is It A Good Idea?

First there are viruses in which antibiotics will have no effect. I had bronchitis one year the doctor examized me ,and it turn out to be  virus infection, and I was told "just let it take its course" ,unlike bateria infection ,virus infections are not localized to one part of the body.The doctor prescibed a cough medicine with an expectorant and sent me home.An expectorant is an ingredient that helps one to spit out flem.

If my bronchitis were a bacteria infection I would definitely would have needed  an antibiotic which would make me feel a little better in about four days. 

Now here where some people make a mistake .they start to feel really better  in a few days .and they quit taking their antibiotics way  too early, and that is a very bad idea.In fact .in some cases it may cause that certain bacteria to grow into superbugs .and next time you need that certain antibiotic it will not work.

So when a doctor prescibes an antibiotic take it as directed until the whole bottle is gone.

The video below is a little juvenile but it gets the point across (no audio)

One day after your antibiotic prescription is gone you may want to try eating yogurt with live cultures because antibiotics kill the good bacteria as well as the bad.  ***END***



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