Isn’t the worry that you’d stop taking antibiotics before the infection is actually clear? Like, you’d feel fine, but there’s enough there that it could flare back up.
Yeah that poster is dangerously wrong about not finishing your antibiotic regimen. Furthermore as I said above doxycycline is meant for dogs not people. for dogs and specific ailments that other antibiotics are not effective on and people allergic to amoxycillin and you should probably not get medical advice in the shitposting comm of a shitposting forum
Yeah I edited my post but the reason I was panic posting about it was mainly because I mostly only see it used for animals (specifically dogs but you’re right about skin conditions) and because the person was saying that you shouldn’t finish your prescription once symptoms are gone because that is literally how we may end up with AB resistant bacteria. That and of course overprescription which is also a legitimate concern but more of a concern with livestock that just get pumped full of unneccessary antibiotics.
I was also sort of wrong. It is in fact prescribed for people but typically only those allergic to amoxycillin and only for specific bacterial infections that may be resistant to amoxy.
Furthermore you would not prescribe antibiotics for an ingrown hair unless there were other factors. I think badposting should probably not allow people to spread dubious medical information/misinformation.
I’m not dangerously wrong, I’m dangerously up to date on medical literature. There’s been a lot of debate about the subject but it came to a head about ten years ago and most modern evidence points to the advice being mainly a relic of early antibiotic studies and anecdotes.
There are certain treatment courses that are long for a reason and certain courses that are long because “it can’t hurt to make sure” and almost no one is knowledgeable about which is which and why. Medicine is stubborn and takes multiple generations to shift practices from something that “has always worked” to something new that is supported by evidence.
almost no one is knowledgeable about which is which and why. Medicine is stubborn and takes multiple generations to shift practices from something that “has always worked” to something new that is supported by evidence.
This still worrying. This country sucks so much when it comes to trying to sort through actual concrete medical science vs. misinformation. Apologies if that came off as an attack on your character.
No worries at all and you’re 100% in the right place. I’ve had this same interaction with multiple MDs that I know so it’s not like this is widespread information. I just have the right mixture of ASD and science training that collects weird information and doesn’t let it go.
Right on, part of the reason why I am pretty open to self crit on this is that I was also a student of evolutionary biology but not in academia for almost 20 years now.
That essentially used to be the case at the dawn of antibiotics when someone was septic and they took some penicillin and went from (accurately) feeling like they were about to die to feeling dramatically better but still needing to continue the course to adequately clear the infection from the bloodstream. Now if you’re septic you’ll get pumped full of IV Augmentin in a hospital and ramp it up from there if it’s not clearing, you don’t get the option of deciding to stop early.
Modern medical evidence points to the importance of always finishing your antibiotic course to be a myth that leads to unnecessary extended antibiotic exposure.
Isn’t the worry that you’d stop taking antibiotics before the infection is actually clear? Like, you’d feel fine, but there’s enough there that it could flare back up.
Yeah that poster is dangerously wrong about not finishing your antibiotic regimen. Furthermore as I said above doxycycline is
meant for dogs not people.for dogs and specific ailments that other antibiotics are not effective on and people allergic to amoxycillin and you should probably not get medical advice in the shitposting comm of a shitposting forumDoxycycline is prescribed to humans too. It targets skin infections and as a result makes your skin photosensitive while using it.
Yeah I edited my post but the reason I was panic posting about it was mainly because I mostly only see it used for animals (specifically dogs but you’re right about skin conditions) and because the person was saying that you shouldn’t finish your prescription once symptoms are gone because that is literally how we may end up with AB resistant bacteria. That and of course overprescription which is also a legitimate concern but more of a concern with livestock that just get pumped full of unneccessary antibiotics.
Yeah I remember looking it up years ago and had that rattling around in my head, glad to know I didn’t misremember!
I was also sort of wrong. It is in fact prescribed for people but typically only those allergic to amoxycillin and only for specific bacterial infections that may be resistant to amoxy.
Furthermore you would not prescribe antibiotics for an ingrown hair unless there were other factors. I think badposting should probably not allow people to spread dubious medical information/misinformation.
I’m not dangerously wrong, I’m dangerously up to date on medical literature. There’s been a lot of debate about the subject but it came to a head about ten years ago and most modern evidence points to the advice being mainly a relic of early antibiotic studies and anecdotes.
There are certain treatment courses that are long for a reason and certain courses that are long because “it can’t hurt to make sure” and almost no one is knowledgeable about which is which and why. Medicine is stubborn and takes multiple generations to shift practices from something that “has always worked” to something new that is supported by evidence.
Ah well I stand corrected thank you.
This still worrying. This country sucks so much when it comes to trying to sort through actual concrete medical science vs. misinformation. Apologies if that came off as an attack on your character.
No worries at all and you’re 100% in the right place. I’ve had this same interaction with multiple MDs that I know so it’s not like this is widespread information. I just have the right mixture of ASD and science training that collects weird information and doesn’t let it go.
Right on, part of the reason why I am pretty open to self crit on this is that I was also a student of evolutionary biology but not in academia for almost 20 years now.
You have nothing to criticize yourself over here.
That essentially used to be the case at the dawn of antibiotics when someone was septic and they took some penicillin and went from (accurately) feeling like they were about to die to feeling dramatically better but still needing to continue the course to adequately clear the infection from the bloodstream. Now if you’re septic you’ll get pumped full of IV Augmentin in a hospital and ramp it up from there if it’s not clearing, you don’t get the option of deciding to stop early.
Modern medical evidence points to the importance of always finishing your antibiotic course to be a myth that leads to unnecessary extended antibiotic exposure.