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Holly_Hobby

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6. An additional problem that compounds this,

Reply to damnedifIknow (Original post)

Mon Nov 16, 2015, 04:47 PM

Nov 2015

but few realize, is that some of the most popular drugs started out as antibiotics, but had side effects that affected something else in the body and they were marketed for the side effects. For example, Metformin, a blood sugar lowering drug was developed as an antibiotic. Users of this drug have no idea they're taking an antibiotic.

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Health Experts Are Explaining Drug-Resistant Bacteria Poorly [View all] damnedifIknow Nov 2015 OP

The American public has a pretty shitty education in the sciences. Buzz Clik Nov 2015 #1

I'm having dental work done damnedifIknow Nov 2015 #3

"Here's your prescription for this new antibiotic called Placebo-in". (nt) jeff47 Nov 2015 #2

Always been a strange thing to me Egnever Nov 2015 #4

If you are prescribed antibiotics for a bacterial infection TexasProgresive Nov 2015 #5

"Another factor"- like 95% of the problem. Warren DeMontague Nov 2015 #9

An additional problem that compounds this, Holly_Hobby Nov 2015 #6

YOu're right Dorian Gray Nov 2015 #7

Here ya go... Holly_Hobby Nov 2015 #8

Thanks! Dorian Gray Nov 2015 #10