We made a note of several interesting remarks that Didier Raoult, professor of microbiology and infectious disease, made in a presentation to members of the French Senate in 2012.
Tag: Antibiotics
Didier Raoult: “We did not test antibiotics against viruses. Now we do and we realize that a lot of antibiotics are effective against viruses.”
The notion that antibiotics are not effective against viruses has been pounded a lot. However, this notion may not be true.
The power of placebo: Placebo followed by placebo produced the highest, 89%, remission rate in ulcerative colitis.
In a 2014 study, Petersen and colleagues (1) tested the effect of Ciprofloxacin, an antibiotic, with or without orally administered probiotic Escherichia coli Nissle (EcN) as add-on to conventional therapies in patients with active ulcerative colitis (UC).