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0 pointsenjo15y ago0 comments

You do realize how terrible that idea is right? We'd see the rates of antibiotic resistant bacteria go through the roof in the first week.

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WildUtah15y ago· 1 in thread

Lots of countries have sold antibiotics freely but the epidemic of resistence mostly seems to show up in the prescription-only countries where doctors push antibiotics on everyone with a cold in order to justify their offensive office visit fees.

Also, even if there is a case for antibiotics, there still isn't any case for 95% of medications.

dalke15y ago

Any evidence for your claim? Drug resistant TB is highest in "the former USSR, the Baltic states, Argentina, India, and China, and was associated with poor or failing national tuberculosis control programmes". Some 10-40% of the people who take antibiotics don't finish a course of treatment because they are feeling better and think they don't need the hassle any more.

The WHO and various countries including the US say there is an association with antibiotics in animal feeds and an increase in antibiotic resistance in human diseases. This has nothing to do with "doctors pushing antibodies."

Drug resistant staph was first found in the UK. Do doctors in the UK face the same pressure to justify their so-called offensive office visit fees?

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