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Antibiotics - what would happen if i don't finish the whole course?
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resistance: Antibiotics are prescribed to give enough but not too much. If you stop when you feel better you may only kill 95% of the bacteria, unfortunately these may have been the stronger "bugs" and be the source of new antibiotic resistance then when the infection becomes symptomatic again the same antibiotic may not work.
Answered 4/6/2013
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