10 Facts You Never Knew About Antibiotics

1.    Antibiotics treat infections caused by the growth of bacteria, fungi, or protozoa.
2.    Depending on what your specific infection is, your doctor may recommend that you buy generic Cipro, an affordable general antibiotic, or something more specialized toward your specific purpose. Sometimes people like to keep some extra antibiotics in their medicine cabinets in case a recurrent bacterial infection arises that they’ll then be able to begin treating immediately.
3.    The term “antibiotics” comes from the Ancient Greek words “anti” meaning “against” and “biotic” meaning “life”—but this refers to the bad “life” of bacteria, obviously!
4.    The term “antibiotic” was brought into modern usage in 1942 by Selman Waksman who determined that the term would be used to describe a substance that is used to combat negative microorganisms in the body. The actual history of this type of substance (both synthetic and natural), however, dates back 2,500 to ancient Chinese medical folklore and ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Arab practices.
5.    Sometimes antibiotics are made from mold, as is the case for Penicillin and Cephalosporium.
6.    Antibiotics rarely bring negative side effects along with them, though some people do have major allergies to certain types of antibiotics (like Penicillin, for example).
7.    Antibiotics have a wide variety of uses, from healing an infection caused by a cut or scrape, to treating yeast infections, urinary tract infections, strep throat, ear infections, and literally thousands of other conditions.
8.    Antibiotics are gaining more and popularity as a safe and effective treatment for acne. Some people experience amazingly clear skin within just a few weeks of taking a tetracycline antibiotic.
9.    Certain antibiotics (aminoglycosides) can only be given as an injection.
10.    Cipro, one of the most popular fluoroquinolone antibiotics is usually recommended for travelers since it’s effective at treating diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and other conditions that travelers to exotic countries commonly get.