[mystraline]

A large portion of antibiotic resistance comes from patients taking a partial prescription, feeling better, and discontinuing the rest of the pills.

In that situation (the only one at this time), is the majority of resistances are made.

Controlling the supply, especially if you know you have a bacterial disease, can be solved readily.

In fact, on a camping trip, I was bit by 15 ticks. Was bad. When I got back to civilization, I started getting spots all over my body. Surprise, it was rocky mountain spotted fever. But if I could determine the 2 drugs for curing spotted fever and Lyme, I absolutely would have did both. But the shitty gatekeeper (doctor) wouldn't do Lyme course. Again, logically made a lot of sense, especially that Lyme tests are 60% accurate. And, 15 ticks.

[bediger4000]

You're not really saying that the populous would finish more courses of over-the-counter antibiotics, are you? Prescriptionless antibiotics would almost axiomatically make that worse.

[Spivak]

I actually kind of disagree, when you can get more at any time there's no reason to want to save any of them.

[bediger4000]

Most people quit taking the antibiotics when they feel better, not to save some for a rainy day.

[Spivak]

So then what's the fear? If they take antibiotics for a bacterial infection and don't finish it's same as the current state of the world. If they take antibiotics for a viral infection and don't finish them then no harm no foul if you believe the theory that this is how resistance occurs.

Hard to create a strain of antibiotic resistant bacteria when you didn't have any in your system to begin with. Turns out you can't #gatekeep #girlboss your way out of this and have to educate your way out regardless if antibiotics are behind-the-counter non-prescription or not.