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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very simply, it’s like drinking water. If you drink enough water for a week in a day, your body can’t deal with it all, you’ll need to pee real bad and you’ll feel terrible. The water will be wasted and by the end of the week you’ll be really thirsty!

You need to match the input with what your body can process and how quickly the antibiotics work.

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