In the latest current healthcare news, there is a bid to allow antibiotics to treat humans, which would lessen drug resistance, according to the US FDA. There has been a recent ban on a variety of cephalosporins in a variety of animals that produce foods. Last Wednesday, the FDA stated that on April 5th, 2012, the prohibition intends to be realized. Basically, the ban will be extended in order to quell what the group calls "extra label" cephalosporins in pigs, turkeys, chickens, and cattle.
The use of a variety of antibiotics in the aforementioned animals, whether used to prevent diseases, to diminish growth, or for a variety of treatments will let bacteria that might otherwise be resistant develop from the animals and spread to humans. Cephalosporins belong to one class of antimicrobial drugs that can be used to counteract infections in different areas of the body, namely lungs, ears, throat, skin, and sinuses. They can certainly be seen as more effective than penicillin for a majority of patients. Furthermore, many doctors are prescribing them for treating various diseases, some of which include pneumonia, urinary tract infections, pelvic inflammatory disease, and tissue infections. In the event that the cephalosporin is proved ineffective, doctors have to call on other drugs that may have more grave or potentially deadly side effects. The idea then is to stop this kind of excessive implementation of antibiotics that serve as an impediment of regulatory preventative measures for disease.
The use of a variety of antibiotics in the aforementioned animals, whether used to prevent diseases, to diminish growth, or for a variety of treatments will let bacteria that might otherwise be resistant develop from the animals and spread to humans. Cephalosporins belong to one class of antimicrobial drugs that can be used to counteract infections in different areas of the body, namely lungs, ears, throat, skin, and sinuses. They can certainly be seen as more effective than penicillin for a majority of patients. Furthermore, many doctors are prescribing them for treating various diseases, some of which include pneumonia, urinary tract infections, pelvic inflammatory disease, and tissue infections. In the event that the cephalosporin is proved ineffective, doctors have to call on other drugs that may have more grave or potentially deadly side effects. The idea then is to stop this kind of excessive implementation of antibiotics that serve as an impediment of regulatory preventative measures for disease.
