Eli5 – why do you take antibiotics as a course and not all at once?

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I’ve just started an antibiotics course which is 4 times a day for 10 days and that got me wondering if they would be just as effective if I took them all and why not.

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think of it like an army (your immune system).

if you rent the army an entire stockpile of guns for one day, they won’t have anything to fight off the enemies (those not found, hidden, or there yet) the following days and may get over-run and beat.

however, renting the army weapons spread out across, say, an entire week, might be enough to win the war and no enemies will be left to ambush or attack 🙂

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