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Actually the new literature says it's okay to stop antibiotics early. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/883545


The article seems to be behind a registration wall - are you able to provide a summary?

Also, do you know if this is a widely held position or just emerging?

I found a couple of things, but none of them are as clear cut as "it's okay to stop antibiotics early".

This [0] article says

> Health professionals are trading in the "complete the course" slogan. Instead, they recommend that patients take their medicines "exactly as prescribed."

which seems to be a quote from this [1] linked article.

[0] https://www.custompilatesandyoga.com/health/always-finish-an...

[1] http://www.bmj.com/content/358/bmj.j3418.full


Last time the doctor did not give me enough penicillin, I was required to take a disgusting roadband antibiotics, which I had to mask with taste-numbing food, to not throw up the instant it hit any muscous membrane. Due to that, we had a tablet of it on a plate in the corner of the kitchen, and were wondering in the (no door; adjacent) living room, where that horrible smell came from. Anecdata: since then, I fear horrible broadband antibiotics being needed.

I would prefer phages, but they are soviet tech, and soviet died.




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