Do You Really Need to Finish That Course of Antibiotics?
“Finish the entire course of antibiotics you were prescribed, even if you feel better.” You may have been told this by your doctor or have this saying deeply ingrained in your mind from infections past. You may also have been told that if you don’t finish your full course of antibiotics, your infection could come back and possibly develop antibiotic resistance.
So what’s the data behind these claims? A paper published in BMJ discusses how this claim came to be and whether it holds up to scientific data. (more…)