Antibiotics in Mexico Lead to Superbugs in US Antibiotics in Mexico Lead to Superbugs in US - About.com
go to original May 1, 2013

Nightmare superbugs are spreading like wildfire through American hospitals... now in 42 states. They are highly-contagious and drug-resistant. (NBC News)

Subburaj Kannan is a scientist from Texas and he is very concerned about what antibiotics flowing in from Mexico are doing to border communities in the United States. Here, in America, you must obtain a prescription to get an antibiotic, and doctor's are stingy about writing those prescriptions unless they can prove that your illness is indeed bacterial.

In Mexico, however, antibiotics are available over-the-counter to anyone, and many Americans living close to Mexico take advantage of this easy access. When people get sick, they just want to get better, and so for many, walking across the border to get an antibiotic is commonplace. Unfortunately, the misuse of antibiotics in border communities is breading of antibiotic resistant super bugs.

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