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Save Antibiotic Strength
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Since their discovery in 1940, antibiotics have substantially reduced the threat posed by infectious diseases. Over the years, antibiotics have saved the lives and eased the suffering of millions of people. Antibiotics have revolutionized medical care in the 20th century, but in recent years our lead is shrinking.
Documentation of concern has emerged from many leading organizations including the World Health Organization and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Inappropriate antibiotic use has become a significant patient safety concern.
Overuse of antibiotics is leading to the development of resistant bacteria. Many strains of bacteria have become resistant to most of the available drugs meant to destroy the organisms. Much of this resistance is due to overuse of antibiotics. About a third of the 150 million antibiotic prescriptions written each year are inappropriate. One study found that as many as 70% of patients with colds and upper respiratory tract infections and other ailments most often caused by viruses (which can’t be treated with antibiotics), were prescribed antibiotics anyway. Some experts suggest that eventually, so many bacteria will develop resistance that antibiotics won't work and hospitals will be filled with people dying from infections, as they were in the 1920s.
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