The Center for Disease Control (CDC) said: “Each year in the United States, at least two million people are infected with bacteria resistant to antibiotics and at least twenty-three thousand people die each year as a direct result of these infections. (Threat Report 2013) Antibiotics were created to kill bacteria; Since their creation, bacteria have started to become resistant to antibiotics. Antibiotic resistance is the ability of a microorganism to resist the effects of an antibiotic. Because of this resistance, I believe it has been proven that the use of antibiotics is more harmful than helpful to human health. Before discussing this topic, it is essential that you know the following: an antibiotic is a medicine that inhibits the growth of, or destroys, microorganisms, antibiotic literally means "against life"; in this case, against microbes, and antibiotic resistance is the ability of a microorganism to resist the effects of an antibiotic. Additionally, some medications act against many organisms; These are called broad-spectrum antibiotics. Drugs effective against a few organisms are called narrow-spectrum antibiotics. Antibiotic resistance evolves naturally by natural selection via random mutations, but it could also be engineered by applying evolutionary stress to a population. The action of antibiotics is an environmental pressure; Bacteria that have a mutation that allows them to survive will continue to reproduce. They will then pass this trait on to their offspring, who will constitute a completely resistant generation. Studies conducted at the Finnish Academy have shown that the use of one type of antibiotic also increases the resistance of bacteria to other types of antibiotics. Antibiotics do not work against diseases of...... middle of paper ......pregnancy. No antibiotics have been listed in category A (no risk to the fetus based on controlled studies in humans). Administration of antibiotics, such as amoxicillin and doxycycline, has been associated with failure of oral preparations (controlled). It is not known whether antibiotics contribute to pill failure. However, adult men have also had problems with antibiotics. Prolonged use of antibiotics can cause yeast infections of the penis. The male body has a standard contingent of critters that inhabit the crotch, and antibiotics can purge the body of the good critters, allowing the normally present yeast to take over. Elderly patients have few extraordinary problems with antibiotics. Although they often suffer from multiple chronic conditions and receive numerous medications. Adding an antibiotic to the patient's procedure poses an additional risk of drug interaction.