Microorganisms are teaching each other how to outsmart the best pharmaceutical drugs we have to offer, and they are definitely winning the battle with this evolution of bacteria. Antibiotic overuse and inappropriate use created this superbug crisis we are facing today. Half of all antibiotics used in clinics and hospitals are either unneeded or patients are getting the wrong drugs to treat their infections. The misuse of antibiotics by the agriculture industry is up to about 80 percent of all antibiotics used in the US. 24.6 million pounds of antibiotics are administered to livestock in the US every year for purposes other than treating disease, such as making the animals grow bigger faster. The drug industry has all but abandoned antibiotics research because these wonder drugs of the last half-century are becoming ineffective and Big Pharma knows it. The antibiotic bubble has burst. According to Paul Stoffels, head of Johnson & Johnson, he says "The market for a new antibiotic is very small, the rewards are not there and so the capital is not flowing. In cancer, people pay $30,000, $50,000 or $80,000 per patient for a drug, but for an antibiotic it is likely to be only a few hundred dollars." Don't be alarmed at this article, instead be informed. To read more - for truth seekers: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/11/09/antibiotic-drugs.aspx
