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The most commonly used antibiotics are becoming less effective, as the bacteria they are used against have, over time, developed resistant strains not so much affected by the antibiotic (survival of the fittest - natural selection. Yeah - even among bacteria!) One of the reasons for this is over-prescribing. Fewer and fewer doctors are doing this, but it may be too late already for some long-used antibiotics.

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