– Why can’t you take all of the pills in an antibiotic prescription in one day, rather than 2 or 3 per day

Question

I’m assuming it has to do with making sure you get any straggler bacteria, but wouldn’t taking all the pills at once shock and awe the little buggers and force them to surrender?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Always follow the instructions, don’t get medical advice from the Internet.

If you take too much antibiotic, you can poison yourself.

If you stop taking it after killing many, but not all, of the bacteria you help the bacteria evolve to be antibiotic resistant; which endangers all of humanity.