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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With Lyme, the offending bacteria are spirochetes, meaning the burrow into tissue. Having a steady level of antibiotic in the blood stream knocks them off when they poke their little heads out. Simplistic, but accurate, I believe.

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