Because antibiotics have been over-prescribed for years, four common infections including upper and lower respiratory tract infections, skin and soft tissue infections and acute otitis media are now resistant to first line antibiotics. A longitudinal analysis of UK primary care concluded: From 1991 to 2012, more than one in 10 first line antibiotic monotherapies for the selected infections were associated with treatment failure. Overall failure rates increased by 12% over this period, with most of the increase occurring in more recent years, when antibiotic prescribing in primary care plateaued and then increased. Its best not to ask your doctor for antibiotics and not take them unless really necessary.
Posted on: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 14:00:01 +0000
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