Guest guest Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 Docs: Important article below. Lyndon McGill, D.C. Salem, Oregon www.medscape.com From Reuters Health Information Antibiotic Overuse Threatens Modern Medicine: Experts By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) Nov 10 - Overuse of antibiotics in Europe is building widespread resistance and threatening to halt vital medical treatments such as hip replacements, intensive care for premature babies and cancer therapies, health experts say. Dominique Monnet of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control's (ECDC) scientific advice unit said the "whole span of modern medicine" is under threat because bugs are become resistant to antibiotics, rendering the drugs useless. "If this wave of antibiotic resistance gets over us, we will not be able to do organ transplants, hip replacements, cancer chemotherapy, intensive care and neonatal care for premature babies," he told reporters at a briefing. Antibiotics are needed in all these treatments to prevent bacterial infection. But drug-resistant bacteria are a growing problem in hospitals worldwide, marked by the rise of methicillin-resistant Staphyloccus aureus (MRSA) and other multidrug resistant bacteria. Such infections kill about 25,000 people a year in Europe and around 19,000 in the United States On top of the risks to future treatments, Monnet said the costs of antibiotic resistance were already hurting -- and may hit healthcare budgets across the European Union yet harder if the problem is not addressed. The six most common multi-drug-resistant bacteria cause around 400,000 infections a year in Europe, killing around 25,000 people and using 2.5 million hospital days a year. The ECDC, which monitors and advises on disease in EU, calculates that with a hospital day costing an average of 366 euros ($548), multidrug resistant infections are already sucking up 900 million euros a year in extra hospital costs, and a further 600 million euros a year in lost productivity. "Across the European Union the number of patients infected by resistant bacteria is increasing and that antibiotic resistance is a major threat to public health," the ECDC said. Britain's government was criticised by a parliamentary committee on Tuesday for failing to tackle the majority of hospital-acquired infections by narrowing its focus to two high profile ones -- MRSA and Clostridium difficile. The ECDC is planning an "antibiotic awareness" campaign on Nov. 18 to urge doctors to stop overprescribing antibiotics. Patients demanding antibiotics for viral infections often are not aware that they will not work, it said, but doctors are and should stop giving in to pressure. Earnshaw of the ECDC's communications unit, pointed to a 2002 survey that showed 60 percent of patients do not know that antibiotics do not work against viruses like flu and colds. "Patients often demand antibiotics," she said. And doctors often think, she said, that giving in is a quicker way to deal with a demanding patients than persuading them otherwise. Reuters Health Information © 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 Blame it on the patient is what this article is all about instead of the doctors who just give antibiotics for everything. I think the doctors do not understand that antibiotics do not destroy virus. Instead of the medical profession taking responsibilty to what they have done, they now want to shift it to this propaganda article that it is the damanding patient. BULL! Dr.WieseDC From: Lyndon McGill <twogems@...>Subject: Antibiotic overuse Date: Sunday, November 15, 2009, 5:33 PM Docs:Important article below.Lyndon McGill, D.C.Salem, Oregon www.medscape.com From Reuters Health Information Antibiotic Overuse Threatens Modern Medicine: Experts By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) Nov 10 - Overuse of antibiotics in Europe is building widespread resistance and threatening to halt vital medical treatments such as hip replacements, intensive care for premature babies and cancer therapies, health experts say. Dominique Monnet of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control's (ECDC) scientific advice unit said the "whole span of modern medicine" is under threat because bugs are become resistant to antibiotics, rendering the drugs useless. "If this wave of antibiotic resistance gets over us, we will not be able to do organ transplants, hip replacements, cancer chemotherapy, intensive care and neonatal care for premature babies," he told reporters at a briefing. Antibiotics are needed in all these treatments to prevent bacterial infection. But drug-resistant bacteria are a growing problem in hospitals worldwide, marked by the rise of methicillin-resistant Staphyloccus aureus (MRSA) and other multidrug resistant bacteria. Such infections kill about 25,000 people a year in Europe and around 19,000 in the United States On top of the risks to future treatments, Monnet said the costs of antibiotic resistance were already hurting -- and may hit healthcare budgets across the European Union yet harder if the problem is not addressed. The six most common multi-drug-resistant bacteria cause around 400,000 infections a year in Europe, killing around 25,000 people and using 2.5 million hospital days a year. The ECDC, which monitors and advises on disease in EU, calculates that with a hospital day costing an average of 366 euros ($548), multidrug resistant infections are already sucking up 900 million euros a year in extra hospital costs, and a further 600 million euros a year in lost productivity. "Across the European Union the number of patients infected by resistant bacteria is increasing and that antibiotic resistance is a major threat to public health," the ECDC said. Britain's government was criticised by a parliamentary committee on Tuesday for failing to tackle the majority of hospital-acquired infections by narrowing its focus to two high profile ones -- MRSA and Clostridium difficile. The ECDC is planning an "antibiotic awareness" campaign on Nov. 18 to urge doctors to stop overprescribing antibiotics. Patients demanding antibiotics for viral infections often are not aware that they will not work, it said, but doctors are and should stop giving in to pressure. Earnshaw of the ECDC's communications unit, pointed to a 2002 survey that showed 60 percent of patients do not know that antibiotics do not work against viruses like flu and colds. "Patients often demand antibiotics," she said. And doctors often think, she said, that giving in is a quicker way to deal with a demanding patients than persuading them otherwise. Reuters Health Information © 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 Yet the antibiotic properties in foods DO work .... we have been having good success keeping the flu & swine flu at bay inour practice with the use of generous amount of coconut oil in each person'[s food universe and through using Monolaurin (thank you , Jack) .... it works! It REALLY works .... on viruses as well as bacteria. Sunny Sunny Kierstyn, RN DC Fibromyalgia Care Center of Oregon 2677 Willakenzie Road, 7CEugene, Oregon, 97401541- 654-0850; Fx; 541- 654-0834www.drsunnykierstyn.com From: twogems@...Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:33:45 -0800Subject: Antibiotic overuseDocs:Important article below.Lyndon McGill, D.C.Salem, Oregon www.medscape.com From Reuters Health Information Antibiotic Overuse Threatens Modern Medicine: Experts By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) Nov 10 - Overuse of antibiotics in Europe is building widespread resistance and threatening to halt vital medical treatments such as hip replacements, intensive care for premature babies and cancer therapies, health experts say. Dominique Monnet of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control's (ECDC) scientific advice unit said the "whole span of modern medicine" is under threat because bugs are become resistant to antibiotics, rendering the drugs useless. "If this wave of antibiotic resistance gets over us, we will not be able to do organ transplants, hip replacements, cancer chemotherapy, intensive care and neonatal care for premature babies," he told reporters at a briefing. Antibiotics are needed in all these treatments to prevent bacterial infection. But drug-resistant bacteria are a growing problem in hospitals worldwide, marked by the rise of methicillin-resistant Staphyloccus aureus (MRSA) and other multidrug resistant bacteria. Such infections kill about 25,000 people a year in Europe and around 19,000 in the United States On top of the risks to future treatments, Monnet said the costs of antibiotic resistance were already hurting -- and may hit healthcare budgets across the European Union yet harder if the problem is not addressed. The six most common multi-drug-resistant bacteria cause around 400,000 infections a year in Europe, killing around 25,000 people and using 2.5 million hospital days a year. The ECDC, which monitors and advises on disease in EU, calculates that with a hospital day costing an average of 366 euros ($548), multidrug resistant infections are already sucking up 900 million euros a year in extra hospital costs, and a further 600 million euros a year in lost productivity. "Across the European Union the number of patients infected by resistant bacteria is increasing and that antibiotic resistance is a major threat to public health," the ECDC said. Britain's government was criticised by a parliamentary committee on Tuesday for failing to tackle the majority of hospital-acquired infections by narrowing its focus to two high profile ones -- MRSA and Clostridium difficile. The ECDC is planning an "antibiotic awareness" campaign on Nov. 18 to urge doctors to stop overprescribing antibiotics. Patients demanding antibiotics for viral infections often are not aware that they will not work, it said, but doctors are and should stop giving in to pressure. Earnshaw of the ECDC's communications unit, pointed to a 2002 survey that showed 60 percent of patients do not know that antibiotics do not work against viruses like flu and colds. "Patients often demand antibiotics," she said. And doctors often think, she said, that giving in is a quicker way to deal with a demanding patients than persuading them otherwise. Reuters Health Information © 2009 Windows 7: It works the way you want. Learn more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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