Eli5: If there are billions of bacteria in our body, why is it bad for someone to just pop some anti biotics even without being sick

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Antibiotics kill bacteria. There are billions of bacteria in our body. Why is it drug abuse if I just decide to toss in a few in my mouth, without being sick, since there would always be bacteria to kill

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Ignoring the effect on your microbiome for a second (microbiome = microbes living in and on your body). Some antibiotics are actually quite bad for *you* in themselves, they’re toxic chemicals that can, for example, cause liver failure and hearing loss.

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