The pros and cons of antibiotic use and development of drug resistance.?

Question

The pros and cons of antibiotic use and development of drug resistance.?

Answer 1

pros- its fun for a while

cons- it becomes a lifestyle and you get addicted

Answer 2

PROS:

Antibiotics cure disease by killing or injuring bacteria that infect your system preventing them from overcoming your body when your immune system is unable to fight them off. Without antibiotics many bacterial infections can lead to death, especially when sepsis (infection of the blood) has occurred. Antibiotics have been successful in curing a number of infections.

CONS:

When more and more bacteria become resistant to first line treatments, the consequences are severe. Illnesses last longer, and the risk of complications and death increases. In the United States alone, thousands of people die each year of infections they contract in the hospital from antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The inability to treat a particular infection leads to longer periods in which a person is contagious and able to spread the resistant strains to others.

The failure of first line treatments also means that doctors have to resort to less-conventional medications, many of which are much more costly and more toxic than common drugs are. For instance, the drugs needed to treat multidrug-resistant forms of tuberculosis (TB) are much more expensive than are the drugs used to treat nonresistant TB. The course of treatment is long — up to two years — and the side effects can be severe.

Other consequences are the increased costs associated with prolonged illnesses, including the direct expense for additional laboratory tests, treatments and hospitalization, and the indirect costs from loss of income or time away from family.