CDC report identifies two new potentially deadly superbugs (pain, implant, infection)
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a new report Wednesday warning that superbugs that resist antibiotics have killed nearly twice as many people as previously thought.
Overuse of antibiotics has led to a terrible problem
Overuse of antibiotics has led to a terrible problem
Pharma is trying to drum up support for new antibiotics for C. diff. They aren't needed, and antibiotics are a risk factor for C. diff anyway. Fecal transplants work best.
What is really needed is FDA approval for transplants as a first line treatment, which won't happen until pharma finds a way to patent poop. Most or all of those dead people might be alive today.
Last edited by SimplySagacious; 11-15-2019 at 05:28 PM..
Why are you arguing the fact that overuse of antibiotics is one of the MAIN reasons for C diff outbreaks???
It is a fact....not an opinion.
There is also no "pharma conspiracy" to drum up support for "new antibiotics"...
Resistant C diff is only ONE of the "superbugs" referenced....and the other drug resistant bacteria and fungi are NOT treatable via FMT.
There have only been a couple of new antibiotics classes in the past few DECADES and the OVERUSE of antibiotics not just in patients but food production has CLEARLY led to the rise of resistant organisms...
By the way if PHARMA doesn't drum up support and develop some NEW antibiotics in the very near future life on this planet as humans have known it since the development of antibiotics will be VERY different
OVERUSE of antibiotics is a risk factor. That's how I got C diff. The infection was cured with vancomycin, an antibiotic.
Agreed. For many years, my doctor was rather notorious for prescribing antibiotics whenever I wasn’t feeling well. Way back then, I didn’t know any better, so just accepted whatever he prescribed. Antibiotics do have their place and can be a life-saver, but the overprescribing of them for every little ache and pain is what helped lead to these superbugs.
I had the misfortune of getting C. Difficile about four years ago. Ironically though, I don’t think it was antibiotics that led to it; in my case, my doctor decided to put me on a treatment plan for acid reflux with a long-term prescription for a proton pump inhibitor. About six months into taking it, I developed C. diff. (It was only well after I wound up with C. diff that I discovered there is a strong link between extended use of proton pump inhibitors and the development of C. difficile.) Anyway, I was extremely sick for five months, and went through four different rounds of treatments before it was finally under control (a tapered dose of Vancomycin - the hospital’s last resort for me before turning to a fecal implant - worked). I was one of the lucky ones who managed to get clear of it in a relatively short time; many people can be hospitalized and go through tremendous suffering with C. diff, and many have died from it. I’ve also been prone to infections my entire life, so I live in fear of any infection taking hold, because once you’ve had it, for the rest of your life you’re at high risk of a C. diff recurrence if you ever take antibiotics again, with some antibiotics higher risk than others.
There really can be truth to the old adage, “Too much of a good thing...” Thankfully, there is now a lot more awareness about the dangers of overprescribing antibiotics, so we have to learn to be our own advocates whenever taking a trip to the doctor’s office.
Why are you arguing the fact that overuse of antibiotics is one of the MAIN reasons for C diff outbreaks???
It is a fact....not an opinion.
Fact: Taking antibiotics puts one at risk for C. diff because of what they do to the microbiome. Antibiotics are a risk factor and always were. If you disagree with this, take it up with the CDC.
Overuse, or really over-PRESCRIBED antibiotics, led to superbugs.
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There is also no "pharma conspiracy" to drum up support for "new antibiotics"...
Right, it's not a conspiracy. It's a fight for control. Drug companies are fiercely fighting for control over human excrement (fecal transplants). They have spent hundreds of millions on the fight already. Will drug companies win the poop wars or will hospitals and doctors? If drug companies lose the war, they may have no choice but to go for new antibiotics. Keep the public scared because taxpayer funds will be needed to develop treatments that are less effective than poop.
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Resistant C diff is only ONE of the "superbugs" referenced....and the other drug resistant bacteria and fungi are NOT treatable via FMT.
There have only been a couple of new antibiotics classes in the past few DECADES and the OVERUSE of antibiotics not just in patients but food production has CLEARLY led to the rise of resistant organisms...
By the way if PHARMA doesn't drum up support and develop some NEW antibiotics in the very near future life on this planet as humans have known it since the development of antibiotics will be VERY different
So you want to see new antibiotics. Where does it end? Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is insanity. Oh, this time they won't be over-prescribed, right? How would that be determined? New antibiotics = new superbugs, never ending cycle. A newer and better treatment has come to town but it's involved in a war right now.
Last edited by SimplySagacious; 11-15-2019 at 09:27 PM..
This really isn't news. Reports on abuse of antibiotics has been going on for years. I worked in a hospital and heard this all the time.
It is news, the list is growing!!!!!!!!!!!!
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