Antibiotics Antibiotics were a great discovery, and have been used to treat infections since the 1930s. Penicillin was discovered in 1928, and has been used since that time, originally referred to as a miracle drug. The fact is, as far back as Egyptian times, molded bread was used to treat wounds on skin, even at that time, they were on the correct road. When antibiotics were actually discovered and produced as a pharmaceutical product, people thought this would be a cure-all for everything. Some people were simply taking a daily dose to remain healthy. Antibiotics were certainly a great discovery, but has a good thing gone too far? Decades of Antibiotics During the 50’s and 60’s in particular, if a person had a runny nose or even a stomach ache, they would be prescribed that miracle wonder drug, penicillin. It was considered a miracle cure, and utilized by physicians everywhere. Now here we are decades later, and unfortunately that over-prescribing of antibiotics, has made them much less effective on today’s infections, and we as a population have developed super-bugs. Related: The Newer Prescription Drugs What Antibiotics Will Work On - Pneumonia- this can be a very serious disease. The important thing to remember is that there is more than one than one type of pneumonia. Usually referred to as bacterial pneumonia, or viral, although many refer to viral pneumonia as walking pneumonia. That idea originated from the concept that most people with the viral pneumonia were not terribly sick, and could continue on working and walking. While antibiotics can work wonders for bacterial pneumonia, the viral form of this disease must play itself out. For many people over the years, and even today, that is difficult to accept. Some patients will still insist on an antibiotic to treat an illness that is viral based. - Strep Throat, yes, an antibiotic will treat strep throat. Prior to the invention of antibiotics, patients often passed away from severe cases of throat infections, that would turn into scarlet fever. - Infections from wounds are treated with antibiotics, most often successfully without incident
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