Question

What are antibiotics? What precautions must be taken while taking antibiotics?NCERT Class VIII AScience - Main Course BookChapter 2. Microorganisms: Friend and Foe

Answer 1

Antibiotics is a group of chemical substances as penicillin, produced by various microorganisms which has the ability of killing harmful bacteria or microbes in the body....... Precautions needed while having an antibiotic are -------------> All antibiotics should be used as prescribed. These drugs will degrade over time and lose their potency. Not completing a prescribed course of treatment increases the probability that drug-resistant strains of organisms will develop.

Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation:

The medicines which kill or stop the growth of microorganisms in our body are called antibiotics.These are very useful to us as they prevent us from the effects of microorganisms.

Precautions must be taken while taking antibiotics are:-

We should take antibiotics only by the advice of a qualified doctor.

Antibiotics should only be taken when needed. Otherwise, they may be harmful and become less effective in future.