What happens if you take to many antibiotics?
Your skin turns yellow and you pee in vivid colors.
What happens if my cat got too much antibiotics?
My cat has been sick, he's on antibiotics and pain meds. He lives with my mom, who was gone yesterday when I brought him home from the vet and was given instructions on how to give his meds. She didn't call and ask this morning on how to give them to him (they are liquid and in a syringe you shoot in his mouth). Luckily the one medicine already comes in the syringe but the other you need to suck up from a bottle. She said she read the instructions on the presciption and it said 1ML so she filled the syringe full. I told her she was only supposed to be to the line drawn on there by the vet (which was about 1/3 the syringe). Vet is closed today. Is it going to be ok he got three times the dose? He's a huge cat. He's supposed to get it twice daily. Should we skip the second time tonight, or give it to him anyways?
What happens if you take antibiotics and don't need them?
I have a sore throat and have been near someone who had strep recently. I went to the doctor, told him my symptoms (swollen throat, dry cough, fatigue) He tried to take a throat culture but my throat was so uncomfortable, I couldn't do it without vomiting, so he didn't take it. I've already had mono, so it cant be mono again. He prescribed me Keflex anyway, incase it was strep, but I was wondering, besides a yeast infection, what are the risks of taking antibiotics if I don't need them? Can it hurt me?
What happens if you use to many antibiotics?
"Darwin" i think. Only the strongest bacteria survive, you are doing an "artificial natural selection". Later this bacteria can grow in number leading in a population of antibiotics-resistant (because of heritable traits) population.
Is it really that bad to take often antibiotics?
It's bad enough for your immune system, but it's also very god for the virus. The more antibiotics you take, the less exorcise your immune system gets from taking out viruses on it's own, so your immune system can get incredibly weak from taking too many antibiotics. What's worse is, by taking anti-biotics, you only kill MOST of the virus in your system. The surviving virus is tolerant to the antibiotic you've taken and can't be killed as easily as the other cells. You pass this virus on that's immune to a certain kind of antibiotics and someone else gets it, providing a breeding ground for this stronger virus, then they take antibiotics, which kills most but not all and the remaining cells are even stronger. This is where the idea of "Super Virus" comes from and it's very real threat. Personally, I don't even like to take pain killers unless it's interfering with movement and cognitive processes.
What happened if we eat more antibiotics medicine?
It is harmful to consume more antibiotics, because taking antibiotics for colds and other viral illnesses not only won't work, but it can also have dangerous side effects — over time, this practice actually helps create bacteria that are harder to kill.Frequent and inappropriate use of antibiotics can cause bacteria or other microbes to change so antibiotics don’t work against them. This is called bacterial resistance or antibiotic resistance. Treating these resistant bacteria requires higher doses of medicine or stronger antibiotics. Because of antibiotic overuse, certain bacteria have become resistant to even the most powerful antibiotics available today.Antibiotic resistance is a widespread problem, and one that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) calls "one of the world's most pressing public health problems." Bacteria that were once highly responsive to antibiotics have become more and more resistant. Among those that are becoming harder to treat are pneumococcal infections (which cause pneumonia, ear infections, sinus infections, and meningitis), skin infections, and tuberculosis.In addition to antibiotic resistance, overusing antibiotics can lead to other problems. Antibiotics kill many different bacteria, even the good ones that help keep the body healthy. Sometimes taking antibiotics can cause a person to develop diarrhea due to a lack of good bacteria that help digest food properly. In some cases, bad bacteria, like Clostridium difficile (or C diff), may overgrow and cause infections.I HOPE IT HELPS ^_^
What happens if I take antibiotics too regularly? Do I become resistant to its effects?
You can develop resistance to the antibiotic, but you can also have some other problems. You can develop gastric issues as many antibiotics are hard on your stomach. You can alter your normal flora that is protective of your body and helps to prevent diarrhea and fungal overgrowths (also known as yeast infections). You will be wasting money as the medication will likely not work if the problem you have is viral or is a bacteria that is resistant to the antibiotic you are taking.Antibiotics are rarely something you should take for a cold or upper respiratory infection. Most of the time they are viral or caused by allergies and antibiotics do nothing to help them.Overuse of antibiotics is creating some really scary bacterias that are becoming harder and harder to treat as they develop resistance to all the know abx. If you physician does not offer antibiotics, please don’t demand that he give you something, this is dangerous to all mankind.Edit: You don’t actually develop resistance to the antibiotic, but the bacteria that is in your body could develop resistance and the antibiotic would not have the desired effect on that particular bacteria. Thank you Boris Ezomo for clarifying.
What are the side effects of having too much antibiotics?
That depends on the antibiotic as well as the dose. There are many different types of antibiotics, and they all have a unique side-effect profile.For example, fluoroquinolones such as ciprofloxacin (Cipro), gemifloxacin (Factive), levofloxacin (Levaquin), moxifloxacin (Avelox), norfloxacin (Noroxin), and ofloxacin (Floxin) which are often used to treat urinary tract and respiratory infections are known to carry a small to moderate risk of issues such as tendonitis and tendon rupture, CNS perturbations, colitis, and GI discomfort.Taking antibiotics inappropriately or not completing your course of antibiotics can also result in the growth of antibiotic-resistance bacteria. Prolonged use of specific types of antibiotics (whether indicated or not) can also result in decolonization of normal body flora. For example, destruction of good bacteria in your gut that helps in digestion and protection against pathogens such as C difficile.If you have questions about a specific medication you should speak with your doctor or pharmacist regarding this medication. Keep in mind that all medicines carry side effects. When physicians prescribe medications, they generally do so with the caveat that the benefits outweigh potential risks. When providing a treatment, your doctor should discuss with you the risks, benefits, and alternatives to any proposed treatment.
Is 8 hours too soon to take the second dose of antibiotics?
Yep, knew right away that this one was written anonymously!Anonymous, when your doctor wrote your prescription, he/she also specified how often you are supposed to take it. Because all antibiotics are different, your doctor chose the best way for you to take yours, based on the particular antibiotic and the reason you are taking it.Soooo, look on your bottle and read what it says! If it says to take it every 8 hours (or three times a day), then yes, 8 hours is what you are supposed to do. If it says every 6 hours (or 4 times a day), then you should have taken it 2 hours ago (take the dose now, but wait 6 hours before the next dose). If it says every 4 hours (or 6 times a day), then you are way off. If it says every 12 hours (or twice a day), then it’s 4 hours too soon for the next dose.I repeat, all antibiotics are different and are taken on different schedules. Call your doctor if you have questions!
Will I build an immunity to antibiotics of I take it too often or only if I stop in the middle of a treatment?
It is not YOU that develops an immunity to antibiotics, it’s the bacteria. When a dose of antibiotic is not sufficient to kill all the bacteria, the ones that survive tend to be the ones that are relatively more resistant to the antibiotic. Over generations, the bacteria can develop to become more antibiotic resistant. Large numbers of people who take antibiotics when not needed, and/or discontinue use before the bacteria are gone, contribute to the development of antibiotic resistant bacteria. (More than 70% of the antibiotics used in the USA are given to farm animals to control disease in overcrowded feedlots; this overuse probably contributes even more to the development of antibiotic resistant bacteria than misuse in humans.)Antibiotics do not cure viral infections. They have no benefit whatever for viral infection.To decide what to do about your flu/cold you need to know whether it is viral or bacterial (depending on the nature of your symptoms, you might even be suffering from allergies - these could cause nasal congestion and sore throat, for example.)Best idea: see a doctor. She or he can do tests for things such as strep throat and can tell you whether an antibiotic would be helpful (and which antibiotic is best, and the dose and duration).