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1 point by zabzonk 1 minute ago | edit | delete [–] You could probably sue him. Antibiotics should only be prescribed for salmonella food poisoning (and almost

1 point by zabzonk 1 minute ago | edit | delete [–] You could probably sue him. Antibiotics should only be prescribed for salmonella food poisoning (and almost all similar gut problems) in severe cases - normally all you have to do is keep hydrated and you will get over it. Otherwise you run the risk of introducing antibiotic resistance, so such treatments may become ineffective in severe cases. Not a medic. Used to be a microbiologist.

zabzonk 6y ago
> keep hydrated And I should have said, keep your electrolytes up.
markdown 6y ago
I live in the tropics. I've had at least 30 courses of antibiotics over the course of my life. Mostly for boils and related skin infections when I was a child growing up on a farm.