Local Issues and Concerns
The overuse of antibiotics locally is a huge threat to this country and to surrounding countries. Antibiotics manufacturers are starting to create fewer and fewer antibiotics for the people who really need it. Which means the scarcer the antibiotics are, the higher the price they will be. Which, in turn creates this domino-effect of consumers paying for these antibiotics they can’t afford, banks loaning out money they don’t have, and the US building more and more debt.
One drug, doxycycline, is a drug that is used for serious illnesses like Lymes Disease and other infections such as sexually transmitted diseases, acne and is also used in animal feed to fatten them up. Pills that used to be $20 for 500 capsules last summer soared to $3000 for 500 capsules. That’s a %15,000 increase! Shortages due to manufacturers leaving the market for this drug and the overuse in livestock are two of the reasons cited for the astronomical prices.
The more we abuse the drugs and take them for granted the more likely they will become increasingly in short supply and lose their efficacy leaving to negative consequences in our lives and in the lives of our families. Let’s turn ourselves around and join the movement, #saynotothesuperbug.
The overuse of antibiotics locally is a huge threat to this country and to surrounding countries. Antibiotics manufacturers are starting to create fewer and fewer antibiotics for the people who really need it. Which means the scarcer the antibiotics are, the higher the price they will be. Which, in turn creates this domino-effect of consumers paying for these antibiotics they can’t afford, banks loaning out money they don’t have, and the US building more and more debt.
One drug, doxycycline, is a drug that is used for serious illnesses like Lymes Disease and other infections such as sexually transmitted diseases, acne and is also used in animal feed to fatten them up. Pills that used to be $20 for 500 capsules last summer soared to $3000 for 500 capsules. That’s a %15,000 increase! Shortages due to manufacturers leaving the market for this drug and the overuse in livestock are two of the reasons cited for the astronomical prices.
The more we abuse the drugs and take them for granted the more likely they will become increasingly in short supply and lose their efficacy leaving to negative consequences in our lives and in the lives of our families. Let’s turn ourselves around and join the movement, #saynotothesuperbug.