Antibiotic resistance is a serious health problem around the world. It causes about 700,000 deaths every year because of infections that don’t respond to treatments. But there are ways we can fight back. Here are some important strategies in pharmacology that can help:

1. Better Use of Antibiotics:

   • Starting programs to carefully manage how antibiotics are prescribed can cut down on unnecessary prescriptions. This could lower resistance rates by about 30%.

2. Creating New Antibiotics:

   • Scientists are working on new types of antibiotics to tackle these tough germs. However, between 2010 and 2020, only 12 new antibiotics were approved for use.

3. Improving Current Medicines:

   • Using a mix of different medicines together can make them work better. For example, combining beta-lactamase inhibitors with beta-lactam antibiotics can help them fight resistant bacteria.

4. Personalized Medicine:

   • Adjusting antibiotic treatments based on a person's genes can make the treatments more effective. This also helps to stop the germs from becoming resistant.

All these methods work together to help keep our current antibiotics effective and improve the health of patients.