Antibiotics Still Drastically Overprescribed

Antibiotics Still Drastically Overprescribed

Analysis of two large national databases reveals that physicians order antibiotics for about 60% of patients who present with a sore throat--yet only about one in ten is caused by a pathogen that responds to an antimicrobial agent. For bronchitis, 73% of cases result in an antibiotic prescription--but the problem never responds to the medications.…

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