When Good Discoveries Go Bad: Antibiotics
Bacteria are a type of prokaryote found everywhere in the world, from soil to food, and even inside other living creatures. In the past 60 years, scientists have developed some incredible drugs called antibiotics to fight bacterial infections. These drugs have saved millions of lives.
There is, however, a downside to the development of antibiotics: their overuse. Since the late 1970s, antibiotics have been prescribed more and more, and for less and less serious infections, which has led to many bacteria developing a resistance to these drugs. When this happens, bacteria very quickly lose their vulnerability to these antibiotics, leaving humans once again susceptible to infection.
For this reason, many people think that the over prescription of antibiotics by doctors and their addition in products like antibacterial soaps and kitchen wipes, have led to the evolution of “superbugs” that cannot be killed by normal antibiotics. Others take a different view, believing that antibiotics are chemicals like any other, and they should be allowed to be prescribed at-will and included in household products. Conduct some research using your textbook and other reliable resources to answer the following questions. You may want to start with the\u00a0CDC website. Then, during the week respond to at least two of your classmates\u2019 posts.
Describe one specific example where antibiotic overuse has had a negative impact?
What were the consequences of this overuse?
Could this have been prevented? How?
What do you think about antibiotic regulation? Who should be in control of regulating the use of antibiotics, if anyone and why?
You happen to have a mild head-cold. Amirah, a medical assistant, suggests that you might need some antibiotics to treat the symptoms of your cold and offers to share some of the antibiotics her doctor prescribed her. Based on your research, what would your response be? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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