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Widespread antibiotic resistance would be a serious turning point for the global economy and the current way of life
by tg180 5y ago
Widespread antibiotic resistance would be a serious turning point for the global economy and the current way of life
- avgDev 5y agoIt doesn't help that MANY doctors are complete morons and give out antibiotics for "suspected" infection. The amount of times I had to refuse an antibiotic has been insane. There was a time I had some abdominal pain, got diagnosed with inflammation of the colon.....googled the name doctor said(cant recall now) but the information I found was that antibiotics are completely useless for it. In the end it was a muscle strain lol. FDA/CDC needs to step in and really crack down on antibiotic usage. If I could report the doctors I would. Documents should be reviewed and warnings issued.
- Zelphyr 5y agoConversely: my wife is a Nurse Practitioner and, when she was practicing family medicine, the number of times she had to refuse people antibiotics for what was obviously not bacterial (muscle strain, viral infection, etc...) was insane. She complained about it regularly. I agree that the FDA and CDC need to crack down on antibiotic usage. They should also provide better education as to when antibiotics are appropriate.
- chiefalchemist 5y agoIf you can legally write a script and don't know that antibiotics aren't for virus you shouldn't be allowed to write scripts. We don't need a crackdown. We need medical professionals to put their education to use.
- Zelphyr 5y agoI don't think it is a matter of the provider not knowing that antibiotics aren't for viral infections. They have patient after patient after patient coming in demanding to get an antibiotic. At some point, many of those providers give up and give in. I'm proud of my wife for not being one of them.
- chiefalchemist 5y agoSo "Do no harm" no longer applies? Maybe the answer is a class action suit a la opioids?