Is it fine to continue an antibiotic after a break?

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I understand that you have skipped your antibiotic. It is essential to follow the course of medicine correctly. Now you have to restart the whole course again. It means if the doctor had asked you to take antibiotics for five days, now you must start all over again. Start five days from now, the same way as your doctor told you.

Each antibiotic has its mechanism of action, and it acts to inhibit or kill bacteria at various stages in the life cycle of bacteria. Also, at a given time, different bacteria will be at different stages of their life cycle. That is the reason why we provide antibiotics for three, five or seven-day courses. To kill the bacteria (or inhibit) entirely, all colonies of it that have caused the infection.

Henceforth, do not skip the dosage or omit taking tablets. What happens when you omit the dose or take a faulty course is, that the individual colonies of bacteria from among the lot will turn resistant. The next time the same drug will not work.

I hope your query is answered.

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