My personal philosophy about how and when antibiotics should be taken is fairly simple… when proven necessary. My family has always taken medication usage very seriously. We’ve always been specifically careful about using pain medication, but antibiotics as well. My mom is prone to UTIs, but always makes sure to go and get a urinalysis before taking prescribed antibiotics. In my personal experience I have only had to use antibiotics once for pink eye, but I went to a doctor and made sure it was bacterial rather than viral and I did the full course of antibiotics before stopping. I have learned about that dangers of not completing antibiotic treatments in other classes as well as from my parents. I don’t think antibiotics are the end all be all of treatments, but I do think in specific scenarios they are vital to prevent further disease such as kidney infection in the case of UTIs
