The coming crisis in antibiotics
Subject: The coming crisis in antibiotics Ramanan
Laxminarayan
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November 10, 2014
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Ramanan Laxminarayan: The coming crisis in
antibiotics
14:42 minutes · TEDMED 2014
Antibiotic drugs save lives. But we simply use
them too much — and often for non-lifesaving purposes, like treating the flu
and even raising cheaper chickens. The result, says economist Ramanan
Laxminarayan, is that the drugs will stop working for everyone, as the bacteria
they target grow more and more resistant. He calls on all of us (patients and
doctors alike) to think of antibiotics -- and their ongoing effectiveness -- as
a finite resource, and to think twice before we use them. It’s a sobering look
at how global medical trends can strike home.
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