In the article "Free Antibiotics May Contribute to Drug Resistance" by Tara Parker-Pope, she brings up the recent country wide pharmacy give-aways of antibiotics. This has doctors worried that bacteria will become resistant to the drugs if people continue to take them to solve every health issue they encounter. We have all heard that bacteria evolve quickly and develop resistances. For example, anti-bacterial soap and agent which many bacteria have become resistant to. Another example is Mersa the staff infection bacteria that is drug resistant. Therefore, this issue can be very serious because we want to be able to take medication that works. If we continue to take antibiotic anytime we get the sniffles than eventually our antibiotics will be obsolete. Plus, antibiotic should not be taken for colds and flus because they are viral not bacterial, but free medication is to tempting, so people take the antibiotics to fix their virus. People must be careful with there drug use or it will affect their health for the future.
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i believe that i saw a sign in CVS for give-aways -- and i have read many ads for other pharmacies. you are definitely right, folks should be cautious even when reaching for antibiotics.
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