Question

Jarvis was sick with a bacterial infection, and was prescribed the antibiotic Amoxicillin for 7 days. On day 3 he was feeling better so he put the rest in a drawer for later. Jarvis mentions this to you during lunch. Write a scientifically accurate response to Jarvis explaining why he should still continue taking the antibiotic even though he feels better

Answer 1

If you don't continue an accurate antibiotic treatment, compliting it course, you encourage development of antibiotic resistance in bacteria, which can become difficult to treat with the same antibiotic or cause a bacterial regain and cause a severe infection. It can also become life -threatening in the future leading to difficult results in treatment with the same antibiotic or others.

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