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RT by @ECDC_EU: #WorldAMRweek highlights a critical issue! Overusing #antibiotics threatens their effectiveness, leading to resistant bacteria. It’s essential we use these life-saving medicines responsibly. #HealthUnion #OneHealthEU #StopResistance #WAAW23 #WAAW2023 @ECDC_EU
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[2023-11-26 14:40 UTC]
One problem might be that some people use the word “antibiotics” as a synonym for “prescription medication”. I found that out when trying to find out what problems my mother was dealing with.
There were quite a few of my relatives and her friends who all said the same thing “she’s on 4 antibiotics,” but nobody knew any of the drug names. I finally got the drug names and from the names alone (specifically the suffixes) it was clear that there was one antibiotic and one antiviral. I recognized one of the names as a “blood thinner”, leaving the last as a glaucoma medication (l looked it up: it’s a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor, whatever that is, and diuretic).
They all still refer to all of them as “antibiotics”, telling me that I’m overly pedantic.
One problem might be that some people use the word “antibiotics” as a synonym for “prescription medication”. I found that out when trying to find out what problems my mother was dealing with.
There were quite a few of my relatives and her friends who all said the same thing “she’s on 4 antibiotics,” but nobody knew any of the drug names. I finally got the drug names and from the names alone (specifically the suffixes) it was clear that there was one antibiotic and one antiviral. I recognized one of the names as a “blood thinner”, leaving the last as a glaucoma medication (l looked it up: it’s a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor, whatever that is, and diuretic).
They all still refer to all of them as “antibiotics”, telling me that I’m overly pedantic.