Antibiotics are great at keeping us healthy, but overuse has led to antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Sometimes antibiotics are the perfect fix, other times they can be unnecessary and ineffective. Below, using tips from the American Board of Internal Medicine, we provide some details on when you should and shouldn’t seek out antibiotics for common infections. […]
Antibiotics Often Overprescribed after Surgery
Doctors over-prescribe antibiotics all the time. Doctors know the recommendations and rules, but sometimes they ignore them. Side effects from antibiotic use, such as the damage to the natural flora of the intestinal and reproductive tracts don’t make it on page 8 of the newspaper. But it’s front page news when a patient dies from […]