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

Because injections need to be performed by medical professionals and that would require people to make a LOT of trips to hospitals or GP’s and it’d put a huge strain on those facilities.

Also, the more effort it takes to do something, the higher the odds people will quit doing it before it’s safe to quit.

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Purely from a medical standpoint its a good idea.

But it’s not practical in the real world