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But even those lucky enough to obtain treatment – usually a six- to eight-month course of powerful
antibiotics
– still face a 20% chance of relapse.
Technological breakthroughs such as
antibiotics
and cars responded to a compelling need felt by a huge number of consumers.
The senior doctor suggested giving the patient large doses of painkillers, which they would tell the patient were
antibiotics
to treat an “infection.”
In the field of
antibiotics
development, in particular, the divergence between profit-seeking behavior and the public good is taking the world to the brink of crisis.
When
antibiotics
first entered into common use in the 1940s, previously dangerous conditions, such as pneumonia or infected cuts, became benign conditions that could be treated easily.
But
antibiotics
lose their effectiveness over time.
One would think this would cause drug companies and their investors to compete to develop new
antibiotics.
Developing new
antibiotics
is difficult and expensive – and, crucially, far less profitable than investments in other important fields, such as cancer and diabetes.
Companies are not always able to recoup their investments by setting a high price on patented
antibiotics.
One way would to be adopt a proposal I made last year and introduce rewards of $1 billion or more to those who develop the most-needed types of
antibiotics.
Using this approach to restock the
antibiotics
pipeline would cost roughly $25 billion over ten years.
Governments could introduce incentives for
antibiotics
R&D, paid for with their existing funding streams or new funding streams that are innovative and self-sustaining.
This system recognizes that
antibiotics
are a shared and exhaustible resource on which the viability of a range of other pharmaceutical products and medical devices – from chemotherapy to joint replacements – depends.
To do that, companies and governments must recognize that
antibiotics
are not a commodity like any other.
I learned about one example when discussing antimicrobial resistance, to which the government has responded by attempting to limit the quantity of
antibiotics
a patient may take.
The success of
antibiotics
50 years later seemed to validate Ehrlich’s idea.
Both teams would be parachuted into a remote African forest, without any equipment: no matches, knives, shoes, fish hooks, clothes, antibiotics, pots, ropes, or weapons.
Many cancers are likely caused by chronic viral infections, another reason that it is surely more sensible to attack infectious diseases by improving access to clean water, basic sanitation, antibiotics, and vaccines than it is to build radiotherapy facilities.
Moreover, the tubercle bacillus engages in trench warfare, gaining resistance to conventional
antibiotics
and canonical vaccination approaches, as well as delaying diagnosis and determination of drug sensitivity.
And measures used to mitigate that risk, such as the administration of low doses of
antibiotics
to prevent disease (and promote growth), are creating a public-health crisis by strengthening resistance to antimicrobial drugs.
Second, the unnecessary administration of
antibiotics
in feed and watering systems should be prohibited.
In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration could ban the non-therapeutic use of
antibiotics.
Successful containment of SARS might mark the first time in history that person-to-person, respiratory transmission of a major pathogen has been halted globally without the use of
antibiotics
or a vaccine.
The world urgently needs new drugs to replace the antibiotics, anti-malarial regimes, anti-retroviral AIDS and HIV medications, and tuberculosis treatments that are losing effectiveness.
And, because
antibiotics
generally produce low – and sometimes even negative – returns on investment for the pharmaceutical makers that develop them, many companies and venture capital funds steer clear.
Even if we were to fix every problem in the development pipeline today, it would be at least another ten years before the first new
antibiotics
became commercially available.
In the coming months, the Review will make recommendations regarding market incentives for developing new
antibiotics
and searching for potential alternatives – such as vaccines – to the use of these drugs in agriculture.
Essential medicines and materials are in short supply: water purification tablets, chlorine disinfectant, antibiotics, jerry cans, soap, water cisterns, and construction material for latrines.
Add some basic antibiotics, blood transfusions, and a safe operating room, and the risk of death can almost be eliminated.
The Ethics of Fighting Drug ResistanceGOTHENBURG – In 2014, the World Health Organization reported that drug resistance – especially resistance to
antibiotics
– is a growing threat to human health, food security, and “the achievements of modern medicine.”
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