Have you ever gone to the doctor for a cold or flu... and without giving it a second thought, the doctor prescribed an antibiotic?

The antibiotic doesn't affect the virus that caused your cold or flu. The doctor meant to protect you from a secondary infection. But that secondary infection doesn't exist yet. And those germs now have a chance of mutating and becoming resistant to the antibiotic.

This over-reliance on antibiotics is a growing threat to the treatment of human illness. And may render previously treatable diseases untreatable through traditional means.

A large part of the problem is the overuse of antibiotics to treat bacteria and other microorganisms that are quite resilient. They can develop ways to survive drugs meant to kill or weaken them. In addition, research has shown that antibiotics are given to patients in excess of the recommendations of federal and other health care organizations. And are often prescribed to treat viral conditions that don't respond to antibiotics at all.

Another contributor to this growing threat is the use of antibiotic drugs on food-producing animals. This may cause microbes to become resistant to drugs used to treat human illness. A large percentage of bacteria that cause infections in hospitals are resistant to at least one of the drugs most commonly used to treat them. And some organisms are resistant to all approved antibiotics. They have to be treated using experimental and potentially toxic drugs.

With mounting concerns and potential health hazards looming, it is becoming increasingly important to seek ways to strengthen your body's natural ability to fight illness and increase overall health. A complementary approach that may be ideal is to support immune function and help restore natural defenses that already exist in perhaps the most effective " antibiotic" known: a healthy human body!

Note: The information above was derived from an article entitled "A Growing Threat" found on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's website, www.fda.gov.

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*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.