So I know if you take antibiotics, and you stop once you feel better, can cause the infections to come back even worse and you might possibly develop a antibiotic resistance but what’s the difference between that and finishing your medication? For example, my antibiotics I take 2 a day for 7 days. How does finishing my medication not cause a resistance?
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The longer bacteria are exposed to antibiotics the more chance they have to evolve resistance.
According to Harvard Health blog
“There is no evidence that longer courses prevent the development of antibiotic resistance. In fact, just the opposite may be true.”
It is common wisdom that finishing course of antibiotics is vitally important, but this would depend entirely on the specific interactions of bacteria, with drug, dosage and length and the complexity would be beyond the expertise of prescribing doctors.
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