01/07/2025
Talk about antibiotics…
“One of the most universally accepted beliefs around the world,” said Brad Spellberg, MD, chief medical officer at Los Angeles General Medical Center, “is that when you take antibiotics, you must complete the prescribed course — 7, 10, or 14 days — even after you start feeling better, in order to eliminate every last bacterium and prevent a future relapse.”
“But that recommendation doesn’t make sense. There’s no data to support it,” Spellberg noted in a virtual lecture at the 2025 Argentine Society of Infectious Diseases Congress, held in Mar del Plata from June 12 to 14.
“That’s not how antibiotics work. Every additional day you take an antibiotic increases resistance,” he emphasized. http://ms.spr.ly/6181SFkrW
