What happens if i discontinue my medication of antibiotics? can it harm me a lot?please help...?
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I understand that you probably want to stop taking your antibiotics because you feel better, right? when you stop taking antibiotics before your done with the whole amount, you are not stopping the infection in its entirety and the bacteria in your body have a chance to form a resistance to that antibiotic. That means you could get sick again, then you couldn't use that same antibiotic as before because the bacteria will have a resistance to it. If you spread that same bacteria to someone else then that strand of bacteria (that has a resistance) will have that same resistance in someone else's body. Then they couldn't use the same antibiotic you used (because of the resistance). Basically if everyone only used half their antibiotic then bacterial will become resistant. Eventually their will not be an antibiotic to help when your sick.
it is very important that you do not stop taking antibiotics until they are finished.Stopping them creates bacteria that then become resisitant to that antibiotic.It is a big problem.One day antibiotics might not work and then we-ll be in major trouble.
That is a very bad idea. You should continue to take them as the doctor prescribed for reasons too long to go into here but it is VERY important that you take them as prescribed. It could mean life or death for you years from now. Sounds like a crock, but it is very true.
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