Why isn’t more antibiotics injected rather than oral?

Question

Won’t antibiotics do less harm to our beneficial gut bacteria if it is injected directly into the body rather than go through our digestive tract?

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Answer 1

I had to give my mom IV antibiotics for a week or so when I was 22. I will never forget it. Way so much trouble. She needed the line insert all the time. Then I had to hook up a tube once or twice a day with the drip. And I had to make sure there were no bubbles in the tube. It was so scary. She was a good patient. But what about a kid who will run around? Oh no.