Originally Posted by
NJ Quilter
I'm the heritec (sp) here...I keep mine. Granted neither DH nor I are 'pill poppers' but you just never know when you need an antibiotic or pain pill for a couple of days. It takes a long time for the efficacy of the drug to actually degrade. You might need an extra pill or 2 to get the desired results but it beats spending time/$$ (at least for me) in the Dr. office. We have drugs that are several years old just for that purpose. Recently I squished my foot. Old script was about useless. Got new one from Doc. Ended up not taking it but you just never know...
When an insufficient amount of antibiotic is taken, the bacteria is not completely killed off and the remaining bacteria builds a resistance to the antibiotic. This means that the antibiotic will not longer work against the bacteria. This is why we now need so many different antibiotics. It also explains why we have MERSA and VRE infections that are killing people. It is irresponsible to use a "few" antibiotic pills that were prescribed for something else.