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25% of antibiotics prescribed in the US are unnecessary
- rfreiberger 8y agoI would be interested to hear the ratio in other countries, my father who spends time in Taiwan mentioned that they subscribe antibiotics for almost everything, almost as we do for acetaminophen or Asprin.
- godzillabrennus 8y agoIt was like that in the United States 20 years ago. I could get an antibiotic for a sniffle if I wanted. At least now they try to make sure you have an infection.
- jstarfish 8y agoJapan as well.
- sharemywin 8y agoWonder if the study took into account secondary infections. ear aches or rattling in the chest, sinus infections ?
- kwhitefoot 8y agoOnly 25%?
- notjtrig 8y agoFrom the article, "The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that about one third of all antibiotic prescriptions in the US are unnecessary" In another study, "The researches grouped the diagnostic codes into categories by whether they “always,” “sometimes,” or “never” merited antibiotics... Of those, 23.5% of these prescriptions were given for ailments in the “never” category"