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Antibiotics are medicines that cure infections. They have no effect on viruses.

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antibiotics are drugs which is medicines at the same time. they are used to fight bad bacteria and nfections but there is no way they can kill viruses!

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What are antibiotics and how are they used?

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Antibiotics are used to treat what?

Antibiotics are used to treat bacterial infections such as chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis. Antibiotics cannot treat viral infections such as HPV, herpes and HIV.


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Can we use Ceftriaxone injection when pregnant?

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Why are antibiotics in animal food bad?

Antibiotics in animal food is bad because the dseases and bacteria get used to the antibiotics in the feed and the evolve and learn how to beat it and therefore the antibiotics in animals feed has no longer an affect on the bacteria. You should only use antibiotics when completely necessary they are not to be used to prevent, only to cure.


Is antibiotics a depressant?

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