Broadly-speaking, it’s a bit easier these days to persuade pet-owners that antibiotics may not always be necessary, I still feel, however, that the potential negative effects are widely under-appreciated. Certainly, with clients, I always feel that they see the main reason to avoid antibiotics as helping avoid resistance in the population as a whole. The … Continue reading
I wrote a blog a little while back on the potential adverse effects of antibiotics other than the obvious concern over the induction of resistance. Long term, cryptic, adverse effects of antibiotic therapy The general drift of which is that we are only just starting to get the first inkling of an idea of the profound … Continue reading
This is an interesting topic that came up on SAMSoc forum recently. I guess the conventional view has always been that, yes, they somehow are more potent when given intravenously. We probably all tend to go intravenous for life-threatening infections such as endocarditis or septic peritonitis. But is this really borne out by the evidence? … Continue reading
I’m going to be a bit controversial here….My observation is that, despite widespread awareness of the potential undesirable consequences of antibiotic use, they are still commonly prescribed in small animal practice in the UK in circumstances where evidence-based justification is lacking. Furthermore, this practice isn’t restricted to the ‘dinosaurs’ of the profession. ‘Defensive’ use of … Continue reading
