We still abuse them HEAVILY. My boyfriend got a whole stock of different antibiotics for his acne (that isn't even that bad). Women mention an itch in their pr

We still abuse them HEAVILY. My boyfriend got a whole stock of different antibiotics for his acne (that isn't even that bad). Women mention an itch in their private parts to doctors and, you guessed it, immediately get prescribed, often random, antibiotics. I had a (not yet, but moving towards "life threatening") abscess. In the phase where we were still seeing if it could heal out by draining without antibiotics, no culture was done. When it quickly got worse, I got prescribed a set of three distinct antibiotics at once. That lead to me developing persistent gram negative folliculitis on the beard that another doctor wanted to treat with Ciprofloxacin, which is known to cause permanent tendon, cartilage, eye damage or death in a significant amount of patients. At my urging I got prescribed a different one. Which didn't help. I got rid of my folliculitis myself with an extreme regime of topical salicylic acid, tee trea oil and BPO. Doctors pretty much roll the dice on which antibiotics they prescribe.