READER’S DIGEST 讀者文摘英文版 3月號/2020 第03期

讓抗生素繼續發揮作用

細菌對抗生素越來越強的耐藥性是一個全球性的威脅。在克服它的鬥爭中，我們大家都有份

“請給我一盒 amoxicillin。”我問店員。我得到的消息是，在英格蘭西部農村的一個小鎮上，一家為波蘭社區提供服務的雜貨店裡，你不用處方就可以買到抗生素。果然，毫無疑問，她把手伸進收銀台旁邊的一個櫃子，從各種藥品中取出了一包青黴素。我付了15.29英鎊，謝了她，帶著24片離開了。她和我都不知道這些藥是否合適，一天吃幾次，吃多長時間。在世界上大多數國家，包括英國和波蘭，在沒有醫生處方的情況下發放抗生素是違法的。但我買的東西不僅是違法的，它…

LET’S KEEP ANTIBIOTICS WORKING

The increasing resistance of bacteria to antibiotics is a global threat. We all have a share in the fight to overcome it

“A box of amoxicillin, please,” I asked the shop assistant. I’d had a tip-off you could buy antibiotics without a prescription in this grocery store serving the Polish community in a town in the rural west of England. Sure enough, no questions asked, she reached into a cabinet next to the checkout and pulled out a packet of penicillin from a variety of drugs. I paid £15.29, thanked her and left with 24 tablets. Neither she nor I had any idea whether they were the appropriate treatment, how many times a day I should take them or for how long. It is illegal in most of the world, including the UK and Poland, to dispense antibiotics without a prescription from a medical professional. But my purchase wasn’t just against the law, it…

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