DEAR E-DRUGGER:
DR. GILBERT REQUESTED ANECTODES ILLUSTRATING ABUSE OF ANTIBIOTICS.
HERE ARE SOME FACTS AND A RECENT STORY FROM LEBANON. ANTIBIOTICS ARE
THE MOST SOLD GROUP OF DRUGS. THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE AND
UNFORTUNATELY MANY OF THOSE WORKING IN THE MEDICAL FIELD BELIEVE THAT
ANTIBIOTICS ARE GOOD TO TREAT FEVER.
RECENTLY I HAD TO ADMIT A 30 YEARS OLD FEMALE BECAUSE OF INTRACTABLE
VOMITING. SHE HAD RUNNY NOSE, SOAR THROAT, COUGH & FEVER. SHE WAS
STARTED ON AZITHROMYCIN AFTER WHICH SHE DEVELOPED THE VOMITING. HER
LIVER ENZYMES WERE HIGH. HER CBC PICTURE WAS BENIGN.
SO THE PROBLEM IS ABUSE OF SOPHISTICATED ANTIBIOTICS FOR CONDITIONS
THAT WILL CLEAR IN 1 WEEK WITH TREATMENT & IN 7 DAYS WITHOUT
TREATMENT!
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