Antibiotics which may be made of synthetically or natural herbal medicine

as i have been a medical student and worked in pharmaceutical company so i have a some understanding about the mechanism of antibiotics.. They are ofcourse helpful bt one shudnt make oneself used to these. . For a small pblm like sore throat i wud rather gargle with salty water rather than take an antibiotic unless it becomes too complex and painful

I do use antibiotics over those natural medicines. It is a lot more convenient for me. And I want faster results so not to get any of my kids sick, too.

What concerns me about taking prescriptive medicines, is that if you take them too often, won't your body slowly become immune to them, so they lose their potency and in fact weaken their strength at fighting off bacteria and germs? I take anti-depressants and did try to find out if there was a herbal equivalent, there was st.johns wort, but sadly because I have to take another medication I cannot take st.johns wort as it interfere's with it. But if I didn't the medication I wouldn't be able to live. So in some respect I have no choice but to take prescriptive medicine, however for colds and flus, I prefer to use home remedies whenever possible, although I am fortunate in that I don't tend to get that many colds, maybe because I am very active at the gym and I probably sweat out all the germs etc when perspiring.

hi alpha well since I have been raised in the medical field and find that antibiotics are the best way to go for an infection I will stick to my medical friends. I am fed up with holistic stuff as most often the patient ends up having to go to a real doctor to get healed from the damage caused by treatment of a holistic healer.

Best to avoid antibiotics where possible, because of development of resistant organisms. As one of my former bosses said to me, you may find that when you really need them they don't work.