That is certainly true, Susan, and my guess is that this is a major
decision of weighing risks that the patient has to make. The problem,
however, is that often antibiotics are used when there is no clear cut
reason to use them, but few other conventional options exist. My son,
for example, had a chronic infestation of a parasite, and his MD
wanted to treat him with a long-term dose of an antibiotic. Another,
more holistic doc, suggested a daily course of tea made from an herb,
Uva ursi, and it cleared it up in about 45 days. There ARE options to
antibiotics. This article reports specifically on Lyme disease, where
new guidelines are in place to caution docs about the risks of long-
term antibiotic usage.

Dave