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Why were doctors prescribing antibiotics for COVID?!

pram 4y ago
I think some of those 'kits' countries were distributing to people early-on (before the vaccine) contained stuff like doxycycline.
AustinDev 4y ago
Secondary infections of bacterial pneumonia were common with COVID iirc.
- dopylitty 4y ago
  A study just came out showing that co-infections weren't common [0] 0: https://academic.oup.com/ofid/article/9/Supplement_2/ofac492.046/6902149 https://academic.oup.com/ofid/article/9/Supplement_2/ofac492...
anbende 4y ago
When I was in Peru, they kind of prescribed antibiotics for everything. Persistent cold? Antibiotics. Like that. Source: lived there with Peruvian partner for 18 months.
- getoj 4y ago
  Same deal in Japan, every time my kid has a cold her mum takes her to the doctor and comes home with antibiotics. When I get a cold the first thing anyone asks is whether I went to the doctor yet. For what? “Medicine.”
- friendlyHornet 4y ago
  I'm Jordanian and it's the same in Jordan; it feels like people take antibiotics like candy in Jordan
- lucb1e 4y ago
  Germany/Netherlands also from my limited experience.
eftychis 4y ago
Death from COVID, and other pneumonic (pulmonary) diseases, can be commonly a result of secondary infection by bacteria. Our bodies are not the best at handling two different types of threats at the same time. See https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-92220-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-92220-0 for instance. P.S. Note that the situation was unclear in 2020-2021 -- for instance from a quick lookup see https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34354682/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34354682/. So patient management was different per region -- as it was a guess.
xvilka 4y ago
Some of the antibiotics have also proven antiviral and/or immunomodulatory effect, e.g. azithromycin [1] or levofloxacin [2]. [1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34015317/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34015317/ [2] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32546446/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32546446/

pram 4y ago

I think some of those 'kits' countries were distributing to people early-on (before the vaccine) contained stuff like doxycycline.

AustinDev 4y ago

Secondary infections of bacterial pneumonia were common with COVID iirc.

dopylitty 4y ago
A study just came out showing that co-infections weren't common [0] 0: https://academic.oup.com/ofid/article/9/Supplement_2/ofac492.046/6902149 https://academic.oup.com/ofid/article/9/Supplement_2/ofac492...

anbende 4y ago

When I was in Peru, they kind of prescribed antibiotics for everything. Persistent cold? Antibiotics. Like that. Source: lived there with Peruvian partner for 18 months.

getoj 4y ago
Same deal in Japan, every time my kid has a cold her mum takes her to the doctor and comes home with antibiotics. When I get a cold the first thing anyone asks is whether I went to the doctor yet. For what? “Medicine.”
friendlyHornet 4y ago
I'm Jordanian and it's the same in Jordan; it feels like people take antibiotics like candy in Jordan
lucb1e 4y ago
Germany/Netherlands also from my limited experience.

eftychis 4y ago

Death from COVID, and other pneumonic (pulmonary) diseases, can be commonly a result of secondary infection by bacteria. Our bodies are not the best at handling two different types of threats at the same time. See https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-92220-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-92220-0 for instance. P.S. Note that the situation was unclear in 2020-2021 -- for instance from a quick lookup see https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34354682/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34354682/. So patient management was different per region -- as it was a guess.

xvilka 4y ago

Some of the antibiotics have also proven antiviral and/or immunomodulatory effect, e.g. azithromycin [1] or levofloxacin [2]. [1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34015317/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34015317/ [2] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32546446/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32546446/