Allergic Reactions and Interactions

Antibiotics, also known as antibacterials, are medications that destroy or slow down the growth of bacteria.  They include a range of powerful drugs and are used to treat diseases caused by bacteria.  Infections caused by viruses, such as colds, flu, most coughs, and sore throats cannot be treated with antibiotics. In

Can Our Guts Ever Fully Recover? Maintaining proper balance of healthy gut flora is a crucial yet widely misunderstood component of human health. While the development of antibiotics has lengthened our lifespans, our excessive and inappropriate use of these drugs may be causing serious long-term consequences we are only now becoming

Antibiotics are chemicals that have the ability to inhibit the growth of microorganisms, especially bacteria, and are either produced naturally by other microorganisms or synthetically in a laboratory. Although antibiotics are commonly prescribed for 7 to 14 days to treat most illnesses, long-term use may be necessary to treat

We have known for some time that one of the unwanted side effects of taking antibiotics is their disruption of friendly microbes in the gut. But now a new study that takes a closer look suggests the consequences of long-term antibiotic use could be even far-more reaching than we

Although there are a number of different types of antibiotic, they all work in one of two ways: What are antibiotics used for?

Antibiotics should be used with extreme caution for the following individuals: Interactions

Antibiotic resistance is the inability of the antibiotic to inhibit the growth of certain bacteria, thereby making it useless to treat infections caused by that particular bacteria. Development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is possibly the most serious side effect of long-term antibiotic use. According to an article published in the