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people who take antibiotics are always told to complete the treatment rather than stop taking the medication when they feel better suggest two reasons why people are given this advice​

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it is to kill all the bacteria completely

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to make sure that the person is completely healed because if the stop the treatment after a while the illness may come back with full force and this time to kill

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- Helps ensure that all of the illness-causing bacteria are killed or prevented from multiplying

- Helps prevent superbugs (bacteria that are immune to the antibiotic)

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