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28 - Sunday, January 12, 1986 - North Shore News

Drugs deserve respect

MANY MEDICAL discoveries we take for
granted owe their existence to a researcher’s skill
along with a little bit of luck.

Penicillin, for example,
was discovered accidentally
in 1928 when some bacteria
in Alexander Fleming's lab-
oratory were killed by a
patch of mold,

Since then, more than 40
other miicrobe-killing an-
tibiotics have been
changing the

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‘typhoid,’ meningitis, scarlet

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are rarely. fatal today. Out-

breaks of. such conditions:

“can. be controlied before. they ;

become epidemics.

Even _ so, . bacteria ap- .

parently: have a survival in-
stinct to rival our own. Soon -
after penicillin was first us-
ed, some.strains of bacteria
developed a substance which.
destoyed the . penicillin: |
Other bacteria have become

_quite resistant to antibiotics.

We have to claim respon-

‘sibility, to. some extent, for
these developments because
‘of our-too frequent use of
: -antibiotics.. Penicillin, “for

example, became .a .. non-

-prescription medication as‘

popular. as cough drops in

“some countries and is’ used
as the first line of defence
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The comibination ° of

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blems such as allergic reac-
tions and completely new
strains for which an aa-
tibiotic cure has yet 10 be
found.

Your doctor and phar-
macist have great respect for
antibiotics and are
thoroughly trained to
understand the correct way
to use them, When one is
prescribed for you, make
sure you follow the instruc-
tions for use carefully,
Remember ‘to treat an-
tibiotics with the respect they
deserve.

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