Too many patients fail to grasp that antibiotics are not necessary and not the correct treatment for a viral illnesses. Antibiotics are not harmless drugs. They weaken our immune defenses and expose us to a higher risk for subsequent infection after they are taken. Antibiotics kill the normal beneficial bacterial living in the intestines. These bacteria produce various short chain fatty acids essential for immune strength and protection against future disease such as cancer.
Antibiotics can result in severe allergic reaction.
Antibiotics cause diarrhea. Ceclor can produce serum sickness. Pediazole and Bactrim can cause bone marrow suppression. Erthythromycin causes stomach upset. There should be an important scientifically defensible reason why antibiotics should be used in a particular illness before it is routinely recommended to all with a particular disease .