How does finishing the prescription ensure that all the bacteria is killed and that there are no surviving or remaining bacteria? Have always been told that finishing the prescription does this but never how
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First, understand that using antibiotics only adds to our natural ability to fight bacteria.
Many antibiotics don’t kill bacteria.
These antibiotics only stop some important bacterial process, like cell wall production, which bacteria need to multiply.
The treated bacteria just sits there, not reproducing, but not dying either.
If the antibiotic is stopped, the bacteria start reproducing again.
If the antibiotic is NOT stopped, our bodies have more time and more ways to “wear out” or “eat” the bacteria.
Again, antibiotics are our partners in fighting bacteria; they are not totally effective alone.
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