{"id":14546,"date":"2019-11-18T11:48:30","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T16:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=14546"},"modified":"2019-11-18T11:48:30","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T16:48:30","slug":"know-how-to-take-antibiotics-the-right-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=14546","title":{"rendered":"Know how to take antibiotics the right way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Source &#8211; medicare.gov\/blog)<\/p>\n<p>Welcome back to cold and flu season! But remember, if you get sick, taking antibiotics won\u2019t always help.\u00a0If you get a cold or flu, antibiotics could do more harm than good.\u00a0That\u2019s because these are viral infections, and antibiotics only fight bacterial infections. Every time you take antibiotics, they kill sensitive bacteria, but resistant germs can survive to grow and multiply. These resistant germs are called \u201cantibiotic-resistant,\u201d and they can lead to severe infections, hospitalizations, and death, especially\u00a0among people over 65.\u00a0 Continue reading blog <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicare.gov\/blog\/how-to-take-antibiotics-the-right-way-2019\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/the-medicare-blog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11503\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/the-medicare-blog-300x32.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"32\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/the-medicare-blog-300x32.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/the-medicare-blog.jpg 462w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice:<\/strong> The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source &#8211; medicare.gov\/blog) Welcome back to cold and flu season! But remember, if you get sick, taking antibiotics won\u2019t always<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-general","category-medicare-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14546"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14547,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14546\/revisions\/14547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}