For those of you who are thinking about unsupported use of long term antibiotics use for a “Lyme” disease diagnosis, be warned:
[size=130]Resistant superbugs and poor use of antibiotics[/size]
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[size=110]27 March 2014. Resistant superbugs and poor use of antibiotics are together leading us toward an “antimicrobial perfect storm” in the next few decades. This may sound apocalyptic but it’s simple epidemiology: increasing resistance combined with decreasing antibiotic options will worsen to the point where we will have no capacity to treat previously highly treatable infections.
The “antibiotic pipeline” of drug development, as it is termed, has been extremely limited for some time now, with only five new chemical classes of antibiotics developed since the 1970s. There are now resistance mechanisms identified to each of these classes.
It is now widely recognised that the development of new antibiotics is not a sustainable strategy in the war against resistant bacteria. As outlined by the World Health Organization, among others, our only option is to protect our current antibiotics by judicious use; retaining their integrity for significant infections. The problem is, this is simply not happening.[/size]
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http://theconversation.com/infection-control-why-doctors-over-prescribe-antibiotics-24785
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