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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Why do you wash a car by scrubbing it with only a small amount of the bucket of water over time and not just dump the bucket on the car all at once?

Because just throwing a bucket of water at a dirty car doesn’t clean it properly. It needs several applications to ensure that it is applied everywhere and effective.

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