Comments on: Some Superbugs Are Even More Super Than We Thought http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/08/01/some-superbugs-are-even-more-super-than-we-thought/ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: TheCritic http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/08/01/some-superbugs-are-even-more-super-than-we-thought/#comment-28721 TheCritic Fri, 05 Aug 2011 02:49:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=30786#comment-28721 As far as who caused the problem, you need not look at yourself and take any responsibility for it. There's no need to wonder about something such as that. There's no real way of knowing. Does the general overuse of antibiotics help cause this problem? Yes. Does the widespread use of anti-microbials that kill bacteria as oppose to soaps (which for those who are not chemically inclined do not insomuch kill the bacteria as facilitate their removal). Could you possibly have killed some weaker bacteria by doing this? Possibly. Would it have been significant? No. If you want to feel better about it, just make sure that if your doctor prescribes antibiotics, ask if you really need them. Don't say it as if to doubt his judgment, but in a manner that's asking if he thinks you'd be just fine without them. However, if he does prescribe them. Everyone who ever takes antibiotics should ALWAYS take them until they run out of the antibiotic. One of the largest factors contributing to this problem is peoples' reluctance to finish a prescribed round of antibiotics. As far as who caused the problem, you need not look at yourself and take any responsibility for it. There’s no need to wonder about something such as that. There’s no real way of knowing. Does the general overuse of antibiotics help cause this problem? Yes. Does the widespread use of anti-microbials that kill bacteria as oppose to soaps (which for those who are not chemically inclined do not insomuch kill the bacteria as facilitate their removal). Could you possibly have killed some weaker bacteria by doing this? Possibly. Would it have been significant? No.

If you want to feel better about it, just make sure that if your doctor prescribes antibiotics, ask if you really need them. Don’t say it as if to doubt his judgment, but in a manner that’s asking if he thinks you’d be just fine without them. However, if he does prescribe them. Everyone who ever takes antibiotics should ALWAYS take them until they run out of the antibiotic. One of the largest factors contributing to this problem is peoples’ reluctance to finish a prescribed round of antibiotics.

]]> By: not too smart http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/08/01/some-superbugs-are-even-more-super-than-we-thought/#comment-28720 not too smart Wed, 03 Aug 2011 21:51:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=30786#comment-28720 back in the 1980's as a nurse in intensive care we frequently cleared our syringes of amts of drug we did not want to inject into iv by just squirting them into the air did i help cause this problem? Please serious, educated answers only please back in the 1980′s as a nurse in intensive care we frequently cleared our syringes of amts of drug we did not want to inject into iv by just squirting them into the air did i help cause this problem? Please serious, educated answers only please

]]> By: Richard http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/08/01/some-superbugs-are-even-more-super-than-we-thought/#comment-28719 Richard Tue, 02 Aug 2011 21:13:30 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=30786#comment-28719 This result sucks. This result sucks.

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