What Is Antibiotic Abuse?
• Doctors who allow themselves to get talked into prescribing antibiotics when they know its for a virus or that there are alternatives. • Doctors who prescribe an inadequate supply of antibiotics so that more drug resistant organisms grow. • Doctors who rely solely on antibiotic therapy and forget to mention adequate rest, fluids, stop smoking, etc. • Patients who insist on an antibiotic with every sniffle or sneeze. • Patients who take a couple of antibiotic pills whenever they feel “sick”.
