Antibiotics can save lives and are critical tools for treating a number of common and more serious infections, like those that can lead to sepsis.
Any time antibiotics are used, they can cause side effects and contribute to the development of antibiotic resistance, one of the most urgent threats to the public’s health.
Antibiotic resistance happens when germs, like bacteria and fungi, develop the ability to defeat the drugs designed to kill them.
Improving the way healthcare professionals prescribe antibiotics, and the way we take antibiotics, helps keep us healthy now, helps fight antibiotic resistance, and ensures that these life-saving drugs will be available for future generations.