--- title: ":: Welcome to Get Smart Colorado" url: https://getsmartcolorado.com/ description: "Archive of the Get Smart Colorado antibiotics education campaign: prevention tips, a guide for parents, FAQs and campaign materials, in English and Spanish." --- # :: Welcome to Get Smart Colorado This site is an archive of a former Colorado antibiotics education campaign that published between about 2003 and 2010. It is not a health authority and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or speaking for any government agency, university, hospital or professional society. The wording below is the campaign's own historical material and is kept for the record; talk to your own clinician about your own care. ## Antibiotics and antibiotic resistance Antibiotics work well against infections caused by bacteria, but do not work on colds, the flu, or other infections caused by viruses. The treatment of some illnesses is getting harder due to a problem called antibiotic resistance. Simply put, antibiotic resistance means that the bacteria that cause many illnesses are out-smarting the drugs we have to treat them. The world faces the risk that antibiotic medications may no longer work to treat many illnesses. Some health care professionals and research scientists fear we are at the brink of returning to the “pre-antibiotic” era when some common infections, like pneumonia, resulted in much greater morbidity and mortality than it does when it can be treated with antibiotics. One of the main causes of antibiotic resistance is the overuse and incorrect use of antibiotics. Antibiotics are often incorrectly used to treat sicknesses such as colds, flu, and bronchitis. Antibiotics do not cure or help these illnesses because they are almost always caused by viruses. Instead of antibiotics, the Get Smart Colorado Antibiotics Campaign recommends you try other approaches for treating colds, the flu, and bronchitis. 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They are recorded here in the past tense and are not current claims. Origin Began as part of a 4-year research study called the MARC Project (Minimizing Antibiotic Resistance in Colorado). Main message "Use Antibiotics Wisely" - wise use of antibiotics today will ensure their effectiveness in the future. Where Colorado, with campaign activity concentrated in the Denver metro area. Period Published on this domain from about 2003 until 2010. ### Campaign objectives, as stated 1. Reduce inappropriate prescriptions of antibiotics to treat viral illnesses. 2. Increase public awareness and knowledge about the wise use of antibiotics. 3. Promote patient and provider communication about antibiotic prescribing. 4. Establish partnerships in the community to continue education efforts after the research study ends. ### Campaign activities, as stated - Advertise on billboards, RTD buses & transportation shelters, public radio, and public service announcements on Spanish language television. - Conduct antibiotic awareness events and activities in Colorado. ## Where this campaign was, and how to read it now Status The campaign is no longer active and no longer accepts enquiries. Location The campaign operated in Colorado, United States. Contact No telephone, fax, postal or email channel is published on this archive. This archive is not a health authority and does not provide medical advice. For advice about your own health or your child's health, speak to your own doctor, nurse or pharmacist. ## About this archive The posters, quick reference cards, brochures, over-the-counter medication guides and order forms the campaign distributed were published as PDF files. None of those files survive in the site, so the Materials pages list their titles only. The continuing-education course the campaign offered ran from October 2008 to October 2010 and ended on that date. Its page is kept as a record. Pages injected into this domain after the campaign ended have been removed and are not part of this archive.