Comment by hp48fan
3 years ago
So Ive been told.
And yet the Dr gives them out in exactly the same circumstances as I would if I could. Perhaps more liberally, since Im far more concerned about the consequences to my kids of destroying their gut flora.
Then the doctor is doing a bad job.
Making all antibiotics available over the counter would not improve the situation.
Im on my fifth (?) pediatrician. This one's the first one I even like as a person.
You said in a sister comment that your doctor wouldn't prescribe antibiotics until a culture came back. Isn't that precisely the opposite of giving them out freely in the same situations you would?
Yes, in your case the culture came back positive. But, you're not psychic, you didn't really know that, and you're biased by the fact it's your own child.
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It seems like you want to create a general rule entirely based on your own personal experience.
You are correct. I arrive at conclusions based on my life experiences and what I've learned along the way.
We literally give industrial quantities of antibiotics to animals. So antibiotic preservation is not an honest reason to lock them up
Tylenol and Advil can very quickly mess up your kid's liver and kidneys if you misdose. Yet, they're over the counter. So safety does not appear to be an honest reason either.
Ironically, statistically considering the forum, most ppl who are against me on this thread believe in drug liberalization including opiates; the one class for drugs I would keep behind the pharmacist's counter.
Btw, antibiotics are available over the counter in Europe. The ones Id use and feel comfortable using
> Btw, antibiotics are available over the counter in Europe. The ones Id use and feel comfortable using
What are you talking about?
> Over-the-counter (OTC) sales of antibiotics is forbidden by law in all countries, but it is allowed for some specific formulations (creams in Norway and Denmark or eye drops in the UK)
https://www.escmid.org/escmid_publications/escmid_elibrary/m...
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> We literally give industrial quantities of antibiotics to animals. So antibiotic preservation is not an honest reason to lock them up
We desperately need to stop doing that too, but at least it optimizes for bacteria that infects animals rather than humans.
I don't think you (and most other people) are anywhere near scared enough of returning to a world without antibiotics.
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