Your physician gives you a prescription for an antibiotic. You take the antibiotic until you are feeling better and decide to save the remaining doses for future use. What is the likely result of your behavior?
Answer You are contributing to that antibiotic being less effective the next time it is used.
The misuse of antibiotics is responsible for one of the greatest health threats facing humanity. This misues has included people not taking antibiotics as directed, the overprescribing of antibiotics, and giving antibiotic to livestock as to product rapid growth.
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