Antibiotics: Side Effects and Alternatives

Antibiotics: Side Effects and Alternatives
The relatively recent discovery of the microbiome makes the indiscriminate prescription of antibiotics a major public health concern. G-Stock Studio/Shutterstock
Kelly Brogan
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We use a lot of antibiotics. For coughs, cuts, urinary tract infections, and many times “just in case.” You could be considered reckless or ignorant if you opted to not use them. “But you could die of a deadly infection that could kill you!” chants the choir of voices entrained by a system that sees dangerous enemies lurking behind every life experience.

What may surprise you is that the real danger could lie in assaulting your body with an “anti-life” (the actual meaning of the word!) chemical that could very well be a Russian Roulette of unintended harms. Some of these harms are so significant that they could change the course of your entire life as you know it. Given that, I bet that if you knew that there were effective, safe “alternatives,” you’d seriously consider them.

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