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Should the widespread use of antibiotics continue? History and the problem The first use of antibiotics has been recorded as the use of tetracycline, found in 1000 year old mummies (The antibiotic paradox, Dr. Stuart Levy). Penicillin, the fist-recorded discovery was in 1928 by Dr. Alexander Fleming, but it wasn't until Drs Florey and Chain began work that it became useable or even generated an interest. It wasn't until 1942 that penicillin was in a useful form: Name Date Penicillin 1942 Streptomycin 1943 Cephalosporins (discovered) 1945 Chloramphenicol 1947 Chlor-Tetracycline 1947 Methicillin 1960 Ampicillin 1961 Gentamycin 1963 Cephalosporins (developed) 1964 The problem with the widespread use antibiotics is that it leads to overuse and improper dosage. The problem with overuse aside from side effects - which include discolouration of enamel, liver and kidney failure and reduced bone growth, (from natural alternatives to antibiotics, By Dr. John McKenna) is the development of antimicrobal resistance. Antimicrobal resistance can occur in many ways, and can render antibiotics useless against resistant bacteria. Microbiotic resistance in bacteria...

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