Superbugs are created through antibiotic overuse—both by doctors who rely too heavily on antibiotics and by industrial farming operations. Consider these statistics: a Medscape poll found that 95% of healthcare professionals said they prescribe antibiotics when they aren’t even sure they’re needed. A whopping 70% of all antibiotics used in the US are used on livestock.
Superbugs are created through antibiotic overuse—both by doctors who rely too heavily on antibiotics and by industrial farming operations. Consider these statistics: a Medscape poll found that 95% of healthcare professionals said they prescribe antibiotics when they aren’t even sure they’re needed. A whopping 70% of all antibiotics used in the US are used on livestock.
But there is another, lesser-known contributor to what is regarded as one the world’s largest public health threats: pharmaceutical companies.
According to Karl Rotthier, the chief executive of a Dutch-based pharmaceutical firm, antibiotics are making their way into rivers and waterways due to lax safety measures. Some of the drugs are flushed directly down the toilet, while others pass through the patients first—and it all ends up in the water supply.
“As dire a problem as antibiotic resistance now is, conventional medicine’s answer is to research and develop ever more drugs and continue down the same path of “one-size-fits-all” medicine that, as we’ve seen, is not sustainable.
Fortunately, and as many regular readers will know, there are alternatives to using pharmaceutical antibiotics:
We’ve reported on the anti-pathenogenic properties of colloidal silver, the world’s oldest known antibiotic.
An Italian study found that thyme and clove essential oils were effective in treating bacterial vaginosis.
A US study found tea-tree oil was a more effective treatment for staph-infected wounds than conventional treatments.
Additional research found that lemongrass oil could reduce MRSA.
A recent article in The Atlantic magazine highlighted the antimicrobial qualities of plant extracts and essential oils. The article notes that “various oils have also been shown to effectively treat a wide range of common health issues such as nausea and migraines, and a rapidly growing body of research is finding that they are powerful enough to kill human cancer cells of the breast, colon, mouth, skin, and more.”
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Source: usa.org
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