In article <[log in to unmask]>, Bernard Bedford
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>>Penicillin in sore throat by Whitfield MJ and Hughes AO Practitioner Feb 1981
>Vol 225 pp 234 to 239 doesn't define the causative organism but
>shows that recovery rate is virtually the same for treatment with
>penicillin or placebo. Conclusion....antibiotics have a very small part
>to play in the treatment ...patients should be educated not to expect
>antibiotic treatment ....self medication is appropriate.
>
But everybody in the practice has to be consistent otherwise it doesn't
work.
I wonder how many people prescribe antibiotics over the telephone
because that's what the patient rings up for and it save a consultation?
--
Manpreet Pujara
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