These drugs affect that we are colonized ...

While antibiotics are certainly in favor of the many many ways, excessive use of antibiotics may change our bacterial composition, says Dr. Martin Blaser, head of the department of medicine at New York University Medical Center Lanhon. In his opinion article published in the journal Nature, Blaser begs doctors to be more cautious strattera without prescritpion when prescribing antibiotics, because these may change, and therefore can cause excessive resistance to antibiotics, which has received much attention in recent years. "Antibiotics are miraculous" Blaser told ABC News. "They changed the health and medicine over the past 70 years. But when doctors prescribe antibiotics, it is based on the belief that there are no long-term consequences. We have seen evidence that antibiotics may forever change the beneficial bacteria that we conduct. "

As amended, Blaser suggested that excessive use of antibiotics may even be fueling "sharp increase" in many diseases, including type 1 diabetes, allergies and inflammatory bowel disease by destroying the friendly flora of the body, or protective bacteria. "We must reduce excessive use," said Blaser. "Over time, the scientific community has a more narrow spectrum antibiotics to kill certain organisms and not all bacteria, but we do not have those yet."

Dr. Cesar Arias, assistant professor of infectious diseases at the University of Texas Medical School, sincerely agreed with the editorial. "We use it without special care and without hesitation," said Arias. "People go to the doctor for a sore throat, which is usually viral, and they receive antibiotics."

"These drugs affect that we colonization, particularly the gastrointestinal tract," said Arias. "If you change your flora, you can advertise certain superbakteriy colonization in the intestine and into the blood."

Average American child receives 10 to 20 courses of antibiotics, when he is 18 years and one third to half of pregnant women get them during pregnancy, according to a report in Blaser. But this is not always easy for doctors to reduce the prescription of antibiotics if the patient wants. "Physicians are often placed in uncomfortable situations where patients require antibiotics for themselves or their children, even when it is in their interest," said Dr. Philip Cunningham, professor of biological sciences at Wayne State University in Detroit. "Patients need to understand why, when antibiotics are not prescribed."

Do not, people can overcome resistance to change and is not widely known. Prevention is key, "said Dr. Richard Kolhan, associate professor of medicine and family and community at the University of Maryland School of Medicine." The best way to prevent antimicrobial resistance should be reasonable to use antibiotics. This does not mean that if your doctor recommends [antibiotics] You have to give up this council. "

While part of the answer lies in reducing consumption of antibiotics whenever possible, Blaser said he assumes, and fears that people have lost a few" generic organisms "that help protect us." I I think we will soon immunization of children with these bacteria lost, "said Blaser". Antibacterial everywhere. We could harm himself with a lot of good. "