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Layering of Drugs - What to be Aware of in the Public

4/6/2018

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by Rose Rohloff
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Another common practice over the past decade is the prescription of broad spectrum antibiotics for non-life threatening conditions. Broad spectrum antibiotics are for use in life threatening conditions/sepsis when there is no time to wait for a culture, or the inability to do a culture. Broad spectrum antibiotics target the necessary bacteria needed in the adult intestinal tracts; and so, the standard practice has become the second prescribing for probiotics; the  requiring of multiple medications to be taken. Additionally, numerous reports over the last 10 years have shown the continued misuse of antibiotics (e.g. CDC Grand Rounds) causing antibiotic resistance, with the need for more and more antibiotics to be created and used. ​ 

What has caused the layering of medications

The country is currently facing increased antibiotic resistance, opioid crisis, etc. due to our culture being conditioned in the taking of medications versus alternative treatments, or prescriptions of medications without diagnosis. A mother of a small child was recently told by a doctor as part of her son's care, "It is very important for you to teach your child how to swallow pills. Start with candy sprinkles, then swallow mini M&Ms, and then have him swallow large M&Ms so he can take multiple pills at the same time." This instruction was given to the mother without a diagnosis for her son, no plan to achieve understanding of what was causing his pain to then create a plan of care - which may or may not have needed to include medication. 

Consumer engagement is needed with all medications being prescribed to be fully empowered, to understand: 1) the need for prescriptions, why and when appropriate, 2) the side effects of medications to determine alternatives versus adding on more medications, and 3) to eliminate the misuse of medications without the continued layering of additional drugs. Antibiotics should only be used when the body, given time, cannot fight a severe bacterial infection. And, antibiotics should only be given out after a culture is performed to eliminate a virus as the cause, or to target the specific bacteria. Broad spectrum antibiotics should only be used with life threatening-septic issues while waiting for a culture, or there is not the ability to perform a culture. 
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