Superbug with no Effective Antibiotic
I read a rather sobering report on Fox News Health describing a lady in Nevada who died of a superbug found to be resistant to all antibiotics stocked in the United States.Like the physicians who view this as a harbinger of dangerous things to come I to am left wondering just what will be the consequences of our over prescribed populace in an era of microbiology stronger than those agents developed for the treatment of various infections — and more critical, what are the probabilities that new classes of drugs which are effective may be developed?
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It is my memory that some of those conditions didn't really require them such as virals which had already run their course and were resolving ... only to be treated anyway.
Then we have wastewater systems with amassed drug concentrations due to people flushing their old presecriptions down the toilet to dispose of them.
Also, there are those antibiotics used in the production of food animals which has contributed to our present state where drugs no longer are effective in killing or inhibiting the growth of microorganisms causing medical problems for people.
Like the fools allowed to introduce genetically modified organisms into the food chain and the overuse of opiates prescribed for military disability injuries I am left wondering who decides where those aspects of efficacious and convenience diverge in the treatment of of people anymore.
This is one of those aspects of health care which scares me away from the local hospitals ... along with the rampant incompetence I have suffered at the hands of practioners in both the public and private sector in Columbia South Carolina.
I certainly hope thing improve or at least begin a path of good decisions in conjunction with research and development required to handle these complex problems.