The Antibiotic Paradox: How the Misuse of Antibiotics Destroys Their Curative Powers
The Antibiotic Paradox: How the Misuse of Antibiotics Destroys Their Curative Powers Books
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Revised and updated with a new introduction by the author, the classic book that warns consumers about the overuse of antibiotics.
In this really revised and updated edition of the classic primer on the misuse of antibiotics, Dr. Stuart Levy reveals how our cavalier and naïve attitude about the power of antibiotics can have -and already has had-dire consequences. He clarifies that we are now witnessing a massive evolutionary exchange in bacteria. This build-up of new antibiotic-resistant bacteria in individuals and the environment, mixed with our overzealous use of antibiotic soaps and the unregulated dispensing of antibiotics worldwide, is leading us into a perilous territory where our “miracle” drugs will no longer help.
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The Antibiotic Paradox appears in a newly revised second edition to update in rank on the misuse of antibiotics in general and Cipro in particular, linking new mutations of bacterial resistance to the overuse of Cipro and other vital antibiotics. Resistance can lead to disease outbreaks: The Antibiotic Paradox examines the build-up of new antibiotic-resistant bacteria and examines medical and social trends in treatment options.
Rating: 5 / 5
May possibly the chemicals that help us survive today become useless in the near future, leaving us defenseless hostile to perilous bacteria. This is a very real possibility. In The Antibiotic Paradox by Plenum Press, Stuart Levy confronts this problem. Antibiotic resistance is not a new problem it has been known about since antibiotics were exposed. Still, we are learning more about how it works. The book also discussion about how it can be controlled. The first antibiotic was penicillin, which was extracted from a mold. Penicillin was used in small quantities in WW2. Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of penicillin, warned that if many small doses of penicillin were given then the microbes would be educated to resist the medicine. As more kinds of antibiotics were exposed the problem of resistance seemed unimportant. This is despite studies during the 40’s and on that more and more resistant bacteria are being found. How are these bacteria apt resistant? There are a link ways that bacteria can become resistant. These ways are all ongoing by an initial mutation. In a colony of bacteria one or two might have a certain mutation that makes them resistant to an antibiotic. When an antibiotic is used to kill that colony, the only bacteria left are the resistant ones. Now those bacteria have no competition for resources and they start to multiply more quickly. So there now is a colony of antibiotic resistant bacteria. Often the bacteria is harmless so we are not going to get sick but sometimes it is a disease causing bacteria. There are two ways that bacteria can resist an antibiotic. One is that the outer membrane is not very permeable to the antibiotic. The other is the bacteria can secrete an enzyme that destroys the antibiotic. The second is more perilous because the harmless bacteria may possibly be secreting this enzyme and destroying the antibiotic which will enable the harmful bacteria to survive. The other problem is sometimes harmless bacteria gives their plasmid, which contains a resistance gene, to harmful bacteria who will then become resistant. How can we keep the bacteria from apt resistant to all our drugs? This is where the paradox comes in, how can we use antibiotics effectively without allowing bacteria to become resistant to them? First, we have to limit the use of antibiotics. They should be used only when nothing else will work and only when it is necessary. This is often hard because patients might demand to have the drug when it is not needed, but the doctors must make the final choice. There also are places where no restriction on use is followed. For example on resistant strain of bacteria was traced to brothels in Vietnam where penicillin was given to preclude disease in the women. Scientists have also found bacteria that are resistant to multiple antibiotics. This is why we need to control the use of them so all of them don’t become useless. We need to be aware of the problem that exists and try to stop it from getting worse. I reckon the book is a small repetitive because it repeats the same thought too often. The thought is that if we don’t use antibiotics dutifully than they will become ineffective. This is a excellent top but it is simple to know so it doesn’t have to be repeated. Other than that it does a excellent job of making me aware of a problem that I hardly knew existed. I even try to reckon of other ways we can limit the misuse of antibiotics, like only allowing them to be injected so the patient will not try to get them unless he or she really needs them. It is vital for a book to make you reckon.
Rating: 4 / 5