Who made the law to require vet prescriptions for anti biotics 😡

[U_Stormcrow]

I'll play.

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) - they are using Methicillin (or were) because this variety of Staph was already resistant to the more common 'cillins, like Peni..

TB has a number of resistant strains. (Tuberculosis, for you youngsters who never had annual TB screenings at school)

Salmonella has a number of resistant strains to the more common antibiotics. So does Gonorrhea (sp? it never looks right in print). Likewise numerous bacteria responsible for Pnuemonia (which honestly is a symptom, not a diagnosis of underlying cause). A number of enterobacteria.

But don't take my word for it - I may be better educated than you, but I'm not a Dr.

Lets try these guys

These guys

How about these guys?

Here's a nice overview (history lesson too!)

more?

That you are ignorant of a thing is not indicative of its non-existence, merely a lack of study into the appropriate field of knowledge.


I skipped lunch, btw - was busy feeding my animals, ran out of time. But kind of you to ask.

 

[Pollo Blanco]

I had forgotten about good old amoxycilin

Top 10 List of Common Infections Treated with Antibiotics​

1. Acne
2. Bronchitis
3. Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye)
4. Otitis Media (Ear Infection)
5. Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD’s)
6. Skin or Soft Tissue Infection
7. Streptococcal Pharyngitis (Strep Throat)
8. Traveler’s diarrhea
9. Upper Respiratory Tract Infection
10. Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)

Top 10 List of Generic Antibiotics​

1. amoxicillin
2. doxycycline
3. cephalexin
4. ciprofloxacin
5. clindamycin
6. metronidazole
7. azithromycin
8. sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim
9. amoxicillin and clavulanate
10. levofloxacin

https://www.drugs.com/article/antibiotics.html

Common uses, Common cures.

Maybe a 'Dangers of Aspirin' thread would be helpful too?

 

[Pollo Blanco]

That you are ignorant of a thing is not indicative of its

ignorant is using words like many and more without citing examples.

The above post hopefully clears up some of the areas you've not listed.

 

[Pollo Blanco]

The answer is that's it's complicated. Look at the CDC site concerning antibiotic/ drug resistance, if you are interested.
Mary

You said 'many most', simply untrue.

Besides, the CDC is a privately funded lobbying organization.

https://ashpublications.org/ashclinicalnews/news/4797/CDC-Pressed-to-Acknowledge-Industry-Funding

 

[Cinnamon Roll]

I am in agreement with reducing antibiotic use in animals so that we can keep more people from getting antibiotic resistant infections. People before animals.

Maybe some in this thread don’t realize that the livestock farms have historically given antibiotics all the time, and not just in response to illness. Chickens are now labeled antibiotic free because they used to be fed antibiotics so they would grow faster. Do you think they stopped because the industry worried about antibiotic resistance or because they were required to??

While it’s inconvenient for us not to have EASY access to antibiotics, antibiotic resistance is a serious health problem and this will close that loophole for the bad actors in this sector.

As a separate comment, we need to improve rural access to veterinarians and maybe this will help spur that on. If we all had access to affordable veterinarians and medical testing maybe we would be able to use the correct antibiotic on an infection and not just throw Tylan at everything.

 

[Pollo Blanco]

I am in agreement with reducing antibiotic use in animals so that we can keep more people from getting antibiotic resistant infections.

All excellent points!

I've been accused of spreading a staph infection that I never had. The assumption of the unhealthy individual was that they couldn't possibly be responsible.

Ever see someone with a tan and a staph infection? Me either!

Welcome to Terrain Theory 101!

https://www.templeofthesoul.org/blog/germ-theory-vs-terrain-theory

 

[RoyalChick]

Many and most?
Can you name five?
Penicillin is from the 1940's, and eighty years later we're still using it.
You'd think because was the first and most widely used, it would be virtually ineffective by now.

Penicillin resistance is sufficiently common that it is no longer recommended to treat a number of infections where it used to be the first choice.

I am sure you have heard of MRSA (Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus). There are many others such as Enterococcus and of course the organism that causes Tuberculosis.
Worryingly there are now a large number of carriers of drug resistant e-coli.

NIH has a number of good articles if you are interested in the details.

 

[Shabby Chic-Hens]

Unelected bureaucrats dictating how we live our lives.

I agree!

 

[Pollo Blanco]

I am sure you have heard of MRSA (Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus). There are many others such as Enterococcus and of course the organism that causes Tuberculosis.

Yes, MRSA was the rage back in 2005, and it turned out to be a hoax.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2005/oct/29/badscience.uknews

Haven't heard of any TB outbreaks lately, have you?

 

[RoyalChick]

Yes, MRSA was the rage back in 2005, and it turned out to be a hoax.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2005/oct/29/badscience.uknews

Haven't heard of any TB outbreaks lately, have you?

1.6 million people died from TB in 2021.
I imagine you are lucky enough not to encounter the disease. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t kill people.