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WHY ARE ANTIBIOTICS NOT AS EFFECTIVE ANYMORE?

April 26, 2017antibiotics anymore effective

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WHY ARE ANTIBIOTICS NOT AS EFFECTIVE ANYMORE?

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Antibiotics have saved many lives. However, the overuse of these products has resulted in their reduced effectiveness in two ways. First, since bacteria are life forms, they mutate to survive antibiotic dosing, which makes previously useful antibiotics totally ineffective. Secondly, the damage from the overuse of antibiotics renders our own immune system less effective in recovering from disease.