Drug Resistance Dbq

The misuse and overdose of the antibiotics increase the resistance problem. It can cause these bacteria to

Throughout my life, adults have insisted the use of antibiotics to fight against the most inconsequential illnesses, whether it’s the cold or the flu. However, neither illness is due to invasion of bacteria. This misuse can lead to antibiotic resistance, also known as antimicrobial resistance(AMR), currently one of the central issues facing the public health system. While the process for antibiotic resistance occurs naturally through the process of adaptation, the mismanagement of antibiotic resources has accelerated the rate at which the bacteria adapt. The occurrence of this misinformation isn’t limited to a few adults: even some of my peers suggest taking antibiotics when faced with the flu. This leads to asking whether AMR is truly a problem and are present regulations enough to combat the issue.

Antibiotics have played an essential role in the fight against diseases and infections since the 1940’s. Antibiotics are a leading cause for the rise of global average life expectancy in the 20th and 21st century. They have greatly reduced illnesses and deaths due to diseases. With the introductions of antibiotics in the 1940’s, like penicillin into clinical practice, formally deadly illnesses became immediately curable and saved thousands of lives (Yim 2006). Antibiotic use has been beneficial and when prescribed and taken correctly their effects on patients are exceedingly valuable. However, because these drugs have been used so widely and for such a long period of time the bacteria that the antibiotics are designed to kill have adapted,

Today going to the doctor is easy and accessible, and many people go to the doctor for every cough and sniffle. Many illnesses are caused by viruses including influenza and the common cold. People get sick and go to their doctor to make them get better faster, so they ask for antibiotics because they are under the impression that taking this medicine will heal them quickly. Instead of trying to reason with a patient, a doctor may write a prescription for an antibiotic so she can move on to her next patient. "Every year, tens of millions of prescriptions for antibiotics are written to treat viral illnesses for which these antibiotics offer no benefits" and “antibiotic prescribing in outpatient settings could be reduced by more than 30 percent without adversely affecting patient health”(Berlatsky). Physicians have a big responsibility when it comes to prescribing certain drugs. They should use the same precautions to

Antibiotic resistance occurs when bacteria changes and reduces the effectiveness of an antibiotic. Using the wrong antibiotic for disease-causing bacteria can end in an overuse of that antibiotic and promotes antibiotic-resistance. Information gathered by the Bash the Bug Project can be used to find the correct antibiotic to fight certain disease-causing bacteria. Therefore, limiting bacteria’s opportunity to develop antibiotic-resistance. This is important to the general public because antibiotic-resistant bacterium is more difficult to kill, requires a more expensive treatment, and is given more of an opportunity to spread. While antibiotic resistance cannot be completely stopped, prescribing the correct antibiotic can greatly slow the spread of antibiotic resistance infections. The Bash the Bug project will then allow more time for newer drugs that can fight antibiotic resistant bacteria that are already in

Antibiotic should kill bacteria.Antibiotic-resistant infect two million people each year.”Some bacteria have developed resistance to antibiotics that were once commonly used to treat them.”

Antibiotics are used to treat infections caused by microorganisms and has eradicated many deadly infections. However if antibiotics are used incorrectly, these microorganisms can form a resistance to the drug and become an untreatable superbug.

In the last decade, the number of prescriptions for antibiotics has increases. Even though, antibiotics are helpful, an excess amount of antibiotics can be dangerous. Quite often antibiotics are wrongly prescribed to cure viruses when they are meant to target bacteria. Antibiotics are a type of medicine that is prone to kill microorganisms, or bacteria. By examining the PBS documentary Hunting the Nightmare Bacteria and the article “U.S. government taps GlaxoSmithKline for New Antibiotics” by Ben Hirschler as well as a few other articles can help depict the problem that is of doctors prescribing antibiotics wrongly or excessively, which can led to becoming harmful to the body.

The overuse of antibiotics is creating stronger germs; some bacteria is already resistant to antibiotics. Therefore, when bacteria become resistant to antibiotics, it is difficult and costly to treat that infection. The treat to a serious bacterial infection is a big threat to public health.

The overuse of antibiotics has been a problem for well over a decade. This misuse leads to many nonvisible problems arising within the human population. As the use of antibiotics increases, the number of antibiotic resistant bacteria also increases. When bacteria become resistant to an antibiotic, another antibiotic must be used to try and kill it and the cycle becomes vicious. Michael Martin, Sapna Thottathil, and Thomas Newman stated that antimicrobial resistance is, “an increasingly serious threat to global public health that requires action across all government sectors and society” (2409).

Infections caused by resistant microorganisms often fail to respond to conventional treatment, resulting in prolonged illness and greater risk of death.

The issue of anti-microbial resistance can be reduced just by coordinated endeavors of all individuals from society for guaranteeing the effectiveness of antibiotics. If everyone is educated and stop using prescription antibiotics for common cold, headache, or other viruses lessen people who misuses such antibiotics. Also, hospitals should be cautious in prescribing antibiotics if unnecessary. For instance, at Kaiser Hospital where I take my children, doctors advise that common cold or flu viruses cannot be cured by antibiotics unless it is bacterial

Modern-day advances have allowed scientists to develop methods to control pathogens. The more common methods include the use of antiseptics, antibiotics, and vaccines. By definition, antiseptics are chemicals used to kill pathogens. A few widespread antiseptics include soap, vinegar, and rubbing alcohol. Antiseptics are primarily used for the external destruction of pathogens, while antibiotics and vaccines target internal pathogens. Nevertheless, there are and can be difficulties concerning the use of antibiotics. “As antibiotic use has become more common, antibiotic-resistant bacteria have evolved.” This resistance due to evolution is called antibiotic resistance. It results in the antibiotics having no effect whatsoever on the bacteria, rendering the antibiotics useless. When antibiotic resistance occurs, scientists must resume their search to create a new medicine to can kill the mutant bacteria.

Antibiotics have been commonly, though mistakenly, thought of as the ultimate cure, for almost all illness, for over half a century now. However, the intended use of antibiotics is for the treatment of bacterial infections and diseases. Viruses or fungi-related illnesses will not be affected by antibiotics. This misunderstanding of the use of antibiotics has led to overuse, or the misuse, of antibiotics, in a wide range of countries worldwide. As a result of overuse, misuse, and abuse, antibiotics, once hailed as the savior of mankind, are an increasing threat as bacteria grow ever stronger. (Bunyard) The

As humans have evolved over time, so too have bacteria, which has led bacteria over the years to develop some resistances to our current arsenal of antibiotics. Doctors have begun to see bacteria that are resistant to our entire realm of antibiotics, which would effectively render them untreatable (Baggaley, 2017). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced in January that one such bacteria contributed to the of death of a woman last September from Washoe County, Nevada (Chen et al., 2017). Keeve Nachman, an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore says they are coming across ever-increasing numbers drug-resistant bugs (Baggaley, 2017). This is an alarming trend to say the least, many doctors around the world are calling for direct action on it. Drs. Simon Prasad and Phillippa Smith from the Office of the Chief Scientist in Australia issued a dire warning that we’re on the verge of entering the “post-antibiotics era” (Prasad & Smith, 2014). They fear even the most common infection