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Home Wellness Research Antibiotic Use When the Best Medication for Kids Is No Medication at All

When the Best Medication for Kids Is No Medication at All

22 Août 2010
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A 1999 study published in Pediatrics found that physicians will prescribe antibiotics for viral infections 62 percent of the time when asked by a patient, and only 7 percent of the time when they think a patient does not want it. Since antibiotics do not work on viral infections, this needlessly puts a child at risk for side effects, in addition to contributing to the greater problem of decreasing the efficacy of antibiotics in the future.

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