Just want your thoughts.
So I visited my GP this morning for dry cough and I was given prescription for klcid without diagnosis, which after I google found out it is strong antibiotics, previously I was also given prescription for doxycycline for skin rash by him and the rash went away by itself later.
Just want your thoughts on this, if we starting to ban plastic bans shouldn't we also ban giving out such meds on the spot?
Not sure which GP you go to but I find most these days will rarely give out antibiotics..come back in a few days if it doesnt improve.
P.s. not sure if you can correlate plastic bag ban with antibiotic ban :/
Some GPs are better than others.
For example, I had had GP prescribing the wrong antibiotic to me.
Other GPs won't even give me anything after I told them that that was my 2nd visit and I had been coughing up blood (from coughing too much).
Stop going to the GP when theres nothing wrong with you
So you go to the doctor for a rash, he says you need doxycycline and then you don't take it? (Because you said it went away by itself). If you're not going to follow what the doc says why bother going?
If you're concerned about taking antibiotics maybe you should discuss this with the doctor. Also when you get a prescription ask what it is for. I think you've gotta take some responsibility to get out of the doctors visit what you expect & if you don't like it take your business elsewhere.
I go to the doctors when I don't need to because if I am sick on a monday or friday or take more than 1.5 sicks days in a row they must be accompanied by a doctors certificate. But prudent use of antibiotics and there guardianship are high on my watch list so i will refuse if think i can get away without them.
Because GP's can'r prescribe plastic bags anymore, that's why…
Prescribing treatment without a diagnosis - stupid.
Prescribing antibiotics for viral infections - counter productive.
Sadly, people like doctors that write a lot of scripts. People don't like me. I tell them cement pills do not require prescription.
Not how any of this works.
Don't really agree personally but I see your reasoning, I hate the push for more government stuff, and banning of the medication will likely be "another" thing that government presides over in which whats allowed or not allowed. Even if you did start looking at banning it, who would choose whether you're good enough to be given antibiotics or not? The answer will likely be a doctor which is what it is now.
While I understand decreasing our dependency on antibiotics which I agree with, we're not exactly at the cusp of super bacteria, I feel were still at the point where we can educate people on not asking straight to antibiotics, try to get companies to relax on sick leave so that people are able to get better naturally instead trying to get the strongest thing that they can to get better quickly and probably others.
If you didn’t want medicine then why did you goto the doctor? To be told to eat more oranges and for a pat on the back? For a chest X-ray or MRI? Western doctors only have limited tools available to them which often revolves around medicine.
actually more doctors SHOULD be saying things like "eat more oranges" - food is our medicine and doctors DO need to prescribe the benefits of good nutrition more often - many ppl have a poor diet and then wonder why their body is not working properly :/
A poor diet isn't going to stop someone from getting the flu or cold from the sick person sitting next to them on the train.
a poor diet = more likely to have a weak immune system and get sick
@barbarella: Many people eat foods that isn't ideal while they seems to never get sick. I may count on one hand how many sick days I've taken in the 10 years.
One way to reduce the over prescription of antibiotics for cough and colds is to introduce a co-payment.
Antibiotics are largely overprescribed because people feel a bit sick and demand something to make them feel better. A good GP will resist that, but many just give in to get people out.
I got prescription for strong antibiotics because I brought a nasty flu from overseas and the doc said he’s not sure what type of thing I brought with me.
My wife was the bugs next victim and she had tests done and it wasn’t bacterial so antibiotics would have been useless.
IMO you shouldn’t eat antibiotics if you can avoid it as it messes with your immune system etc, but there’s nothing much we can do as in China you can buy it freely from any street corner pharmacy and it is used to keep pools of seafood fresh and healthy before the harvest…
I think it’s time to change GPs or at least have a second opinion?