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Antibiotics for MRSA
(There IS a solution)

   MRSA is short for: Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus.  Staphylococci (called “staph” for short) are bacteria that are found everywhere.  When they cause infection, antibiotics are usually used to cure it.  But there are some strains of staph which have become resistant to many types of antibiotics for MRSA. When the infection caused by staph is treated with antibiotics and is ineffective, the infection can become serious enough to cause death.

In the US, MRSA infected 94,000 people in 2005 and killed 19,000. Doctors in UK are wearing plastic aprons instead of white coats to reduce the risk of transmitting the superbug.  Many MRSA infections happen in places where skin is cut or age or conditions weaken the body’s immune system. These include:

• Hospitals,
• Health care clinics,
• Nursing homes,
• Dialysis centers.

A Weak Immune System

   Those who have weakened immune systems or are old often succumb to MRSA seem to be at most risk. It can cause serious skin and soft tissue infections and some serious types of pneumonia.

   Many studies and researches have been conducted to find antibiotics for MRSA and cure the person. One antibiotic that can be a possible cure for MRSA is called Avelox. Avelox belongs to the family of quinolene antibiotics. It is generally prescribed for sinus problems, pneumonia, and lung infections. Recently doctors have begun prescribing Avelox for MRSA skin infections. Some people may be allergic to this drug so doctors have to be very careful and observe the symptoms. If there is any allergy, the medicine should be stopped at once. Otherwise the full course prescribed by the doctor has to be taken.

Antibiotics to the Rescue?

A pharmaceutical company called Cerexa has come up with antibiotics for MRSA, including an antibiotic called Lactam. It is a broad spectrum antibiotic which can have some effect against the multi-drug-resistant MRSA. At present, clinical trials are going on and they have proved to be noteworthy.

   This “super” MRSA, like other bacteria, has a cell wall. The antibiotics work by damaging the cell wall which is an important part of the bacteria. Peptidoglican is a mesh like substance which builds this cell wall.  If that is attacked or impaired then the bacteria can be killed. Antibiotics like a-Lactam (penicillin) and glycopeptide (vanomycin) can cause the cell walls to burst so that the MRSA bacteria are destroyed and makes the person better.

Superbug MRSA can also be fought with US drug PTK 0896 which is effective. Zyvox drugs, manufactured by Pfizer Company, are also used. A Swiss company, called Arpida, manufactures Iclaprim, a drug which is given intravenously and is reported to be effective in the cure of MRSA infections. These antibiotics for MRSA are promising.

Monolaurin to the Rescue

  We are happy as we are to see that new antibiotics for MRSA are in the works.  However, our Ultimate MRSA Defense System already includes a converted form of coconut oil that already disrupts the staph bacterial walls naturally to kill it.  Combined with essential oils, nature has already beaten science to a solution.

   There is more information at our main nutritional site: inspirednutrition.com.