Commonly prescribed antibiotics are becoming less effective due to a number of reasons: overuse of antibiotics failing to complete the fully prescribed course by a doctor use of antibiotics in farming.
These can lead to the effectiveness of antibiotics being reduced, and the incidence of antibiotic resistance close antibiotic resistance The ability of bacteria to survive exposure to antibiotics.
Antibiotics should always be taken as prescribed by a doctor, and patients should always fully complete the prescribed course of antibiotics, every time they are taken.