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Re:India's farmed chickens dosed with world's strongest anti... by mrob on Friday February 02, 2018 @02:35PM (#16293518)
>Stopping the antibiotics early can select for resistant strains.

Some people are claiming this is not supported by evidence: http://www.bmj.com/content/358/bmj.j3418.full

Previous HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15311274

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Re:India's farmed chickens dosed with world's strongest anti... by Retric on Friday February 02, 2018 @02:57PM (#16293723)
Depends on what you do with the 'saved' medication.

If you get 5 day subscription stop on day 3, then take the rest next week that's bad.

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Re:India's farmed chickens dosed with world's strongest anti... by cratermoon on Saturday February 03, 2018 @02:14PM (#16299022)
Ah, that's relatively recent in the literature, and I found a reference to it at the NIH[1] as well.

I'm glad for all the research into causes of antibiotic resistance, and if medicine comes up with a better way to treat infections and minimize resistance, I'm all for it.

1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/behindtheheadlines...

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