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From your replies, it's pretty clear that you're not familiar with medicine in the United States. Antibiotics are frequently prescribed without necessity by doc

by ryandvm 17y ago

From your replies, it's pretty clear that you're not familiar with medicine in the United States. Antibiotics are frequently prescribed without necessity by doctors that would rather have a happy (and continuing) customer than lose a client for doing the right thing.

jacquesm 17y ago
That's extremely irresponsible of them. This is what was probably a direct consequence of such behaviour (it started in the UK and has since spread worldwide): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methicillin-resistant_Staphylococcus_aureus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methicillin-resistant_Staphyloc... As for me not being familiar with medicine in the US, you are correct, I have lived in Canada and currently live in Europe.
- Tichy 17y ago
  It happens in Europe, too. Sometimes you could be forgiven for thinking that prescribing antibiotics is the only skill some physicians have.
  - jacquesm 17y ago
    Penicillin basically started an arms race that we can't possibly win in the long term. Pretty scary thought.