There’s No Excuse for Antibiotic Overuse!

It’s that time of year when everyone seems to be getting sick. Colds, coughs, the flu-you name it, somebody has some type of upper respiratory infection. One morning, your child wakes up with a slight fever, a stuffed-up nose and a cough. You take her to the doctor, expecting an antibiotic. The doctor tells you [...]

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Common Questions Antibiotic

Common Questions, Quick Answers

What are antibiotics?
What kinds of germs make your child sick?
How do antibiotics work?
When are antibiotics needed?
What should I do if my child needs [...]

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A New Threat to Your Heath Antibiotic Resistance

by Dr. Purnamawati SpAK MMPed
Antibiotik merupakan salah satu obat terpenting yang pernah diciptakan manusia. Mengapa? Antibiotik membantu kita berperang melawan infeksi kuman/bakteri, oleh karena itu, antibiotik bisa menjadi penyelamat jiwa. Namun dengan berjalannya waktu, keampuhan antibiotik semakin memudar. Apa yang telah terjadi dengan antibiotik? Ternyata, penggunaan antibiotik yang membabi buta [...]

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Antibiotics: Why don’t they work on viral infections?

Why don’t antibiotics treat viral infections? I’m tired of going to the doctor when I’m sick and being told that I have a virus and that I should just go home and wait it out. Why don’t doctors at least try a broad-spectrum antibiotic to see if it helps?
When you’re sick, you want to feel [...]

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Battle of the Bugs: Fighting Antibiotic Resistance

By Linda Bren
Ever since antibiotics became widely available about 50 years ago, they have been hailed as miracle drugs–magic bullets able to destroy disease-causing bacteria.
But with each passing decade, bacteria that resist not only single, but multiple, antibiotics–making some diseases particularly hard to control–have become increasingly widespread. In fact, according to the Centers for Disease [...]

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