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Those two quotes are almost certainly them covering their ass legally. It's like how every medical professional will tell every woman on hormonal birth control to use a backup method if they're on antibiotics even though only a very specific combination of the two will decrease the effectiveness of the birth control.
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https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/is-the-full-course-of-antibiotics-full-of-baloney-2017081712253
There you go. And some quotes from the article:
>Compared to those who received longer courses of antibiotics, patients who received fewer antibiotics had either the same or a slightly lower risk of being colonized by antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
>In most conditions, shorter courses of therapy resulted in cure rates that were the same as longer durations of antibiotics.
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As an aside, there's growing evidence that not taking the full course of antibiotics if the infection is already resolved is the best course of action.
I believe the theory is that by continuing to take the antibiotics, you kill off the bacteria that isn't drug resistant and just leave the drug resistant bacteria behind.
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They've run out of modern weapons