Anti - infections

Anti-infective drugs which are also referred to anti-microbials are drugs used to fight infections brought about by microbes. Anti-infectives are categorized as antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals and antiparasitics.

Antibiotics used to treat bacterial infections with some working by killing the bacteria and others by hindering the growth of the bacteria thus giving the body a chance to clear the bacterial infection.
Important information when deciding which antibiotic your doctor prescribes includes which bacteria you are infected by, history of allergic reactions to specific antibiotics, where one is breast feeding or pregnant, drug-drug interaction between other medications one is taking among other things.
Taking the “the strongest” antibiotics is not always the best idea.

Antifungals are used to treat fungal infections examples being yeast infections which bring about urinary tract infections among other types of fungal infections.

Antivirals are used to manage viral infections like herpes, HIV and flu among other infections.

Antiparasitics are used to treat infections like malarial.

There is concern about misuse to anti-infective drugs that has led to rise of drug resistance bacteria which resorted in directly to 1.27millions deaths in 2019 alone according to world health organization. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/antimicrobial-resistance
There is need to used anti-infective more responsibly with one completing the dosage prescribed for despite feeling better after taking a few quantities so as to reduce these cases of drug resistance bacteria.