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30. Antibiotics: stewardship, resistance, and challenges with Richard Drew, PharmD, MS

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Our guest this week is antibiotic stewardship expert Dr. Richard Drew. We talk about the role of antibiotics over time and how this evolved over his career, superbugs and what this means for the future of medicine, and delve in on the impact of antibiotics and the gut. We conclude with ways to support the gut after a necessary round of antibiotics.

A few of the articles we discussed:

  • CDC information on antibiotic resistance: https://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/index.html
  • White paper on the future of antibiotic resistance: https://amr-review.org/sites/default/files/160525_Final%20paper_with%20cover.pdf
  • Article on the association between antibiotic use in children and future allergic conditions/food allergies Association Between Use of Multiple Classes of Antibiotic in Infancy and Allergic Disease in Childhood
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