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Dennis Kucinich: “Mr. Chairman, how many times have Americans gone to a doctor, been prescribed an antibiotic only to find out it did not…”

On the recordJune 28, 2001
Mr. Chairman, how many times have Americans gone to a doctor, been prescribed an antibiotic only to find out it did not work, that it was not effective for them? This vignette of a patient taking medication, hoping it is going to be of value to fight infection is something that is repeated many times around the world. Yet we know for some reason antibiotics are not effective because of certain resistance. What the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Brown) is doing is trying to get an additional $5 million to fund components of the action plan to combat antimicrobial resistance. Mr. Chairman, this money will be money well spent because this is not only a health problem in this country, this is a world health problem. I thank the gentleman for his dedication.
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Dennis Kucinich
Independent · Ohio
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Discussing the need for funding to combat antimicrobial resistance.

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