Dear Stephen,
Given that many people with lyme take ever-increasing, stronger doses of antibiotics for years, sometimes decades, and given that we now have hospital-acquired infections which are resistant to *all* antibiotics, would you comment on the increased health risks posed, if any, to someone who enters a hospital after years of antibiotic treatment. I am particularly interested to know if there is cross-over resistance, ie. someone who is taking Flagyl, does this affect their resistance to a different antibiotic?
Given that many people with lyme take ever-increasing, stronger doses of antibiotics for years, sometimes decades, and given that we now have hospital-acquired infections which are resistant to *all* antibiotics, would you comment on the increased health risks posed, if any, to someone who enters a hospital after years of antibiotic treatment. I am particularly interested to know if there is cross-over resistance, ie. someone who is taking Flagyl, does this affect their resistance to a different antibiotic?
Stephen’s response:
There is significant health risk from long term antibiotic use if you then go into a hospital. I deal with this issue in some detail in my book Herbal Antibiotics and even more so in The Lost Language of Plants (see bookstore). There is indeed crossover resistance.
There is significant health risk from long term antibiotic use if you then go into a hospital. I deal with this issue in some detail in my book Herbal Antibiotics and even more so in The Lost Language of Plants (see bookstore). There is indeed crossover resistance.
Stephen
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