Antibiotics?

Question

If I dont take the full dose of my prescribed antibiotics (dont finish all the pills) will I become immune to that antibiotic or will its power be lessened next time its prescribed to me?

Answer 1

ive taken many antibiotics ive become immune to 2 but im on another one its called doxycycleene. And i have been taken it for about 8 months or so and i havent become ammune to. But it is possible either way.

Answer 2

no hon but still, u gotta talk to the doc he's the pro u no ;]

Answer 3

Listen to the doc.

There is no good reason to stop taking the antibiotics before they are gone. If you have diarrhea, tell your doctor ... he can offer suggestions to help this.

Answer 4

You yourself do not become immune to the antibiotic...what happens is the bacteria that have not been killed off will mutate and become immune (reisistant) to the antibiotic. Next time you get an infection, the antibiotic may not be able to kill it off because it has changed. This bacteria that is resistant to antibiotics will not only effect you, but you can transfer them to other people. This is one reason there is such an increase in the amount of so called "superbugs" that have been in the news lately.

Answer 5

If the decision is made to put you on antibiotics, it is important to finish all the pills.  Overuse of antibiotics, and the problem of bacterial resistance is actually a patient driven problem, more than a physician driven one.  The anxious mom who has the 3 year old with an earache at 3 am does not want to hear from the doctor that antibiotics aren`t really needed....I`ve had people say they will report me for malpractice because I refused to give antibiotics when they demanded them (nobody ever has)

People getting inappropriate prescriptions for antibiotics, for things like colds and flu which are viral, and people who don`t complete a full course of antibiotics because they `felt better`` after a few days, are largely responsible for the rise of antibiotic resistant bacteria.

By the principals of natural selection, we know within any population of bacteria, there will be some that are more resistant or more susceptible to antibiotics.  If you are given a 10 day prescription, it is likely that by 5 days, 95% of the pathological bacteria have been eliminated.  If you stop at that point however, the 5% who haven`t been killed yet, because of some inherent resistance from random mutation will be allowed to grow and reproduce.  This leads to increased resistance patterns over time.

Another thing that leads to resistant bacteria is our `germ paranoia`in general...which is partly the fault of the advertising industry.  All those anti=bacterial soaps, wipes and sprays are a huge problem.

Answer 6

The answer is no.  Did you know that anti biotics literally mean anti-life?

  Did you know that some of the first antibiotics when given to animals that it killed them instantly.  What does that tell you ?

  You need to follow up taking anti biotics with taking a good probiotic to counter the  negative effect of antibiotics.

  90% of prescribed antybiotics are miss given??  With many side effects