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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ish who wrote (25044)	9/28/1998 1:05:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

I got into a big scrape with Mephisto over this a long time ago. I do feel that antibiotics should not be casually prescribed. If one is indicated, I want to see a doctor take a culture, then prescribe the appropriate narrow-spectrum antibiotic. We are on the brink of a medicinal disaster. Broad-spectrum antibiotics are currently popular - because they're easy to prescribe. But the environment can get flooded with them. (Two reasons - they're used a lot, and they're misused a lot. A course is ten days. Some folks feel better on the second day - and save the remaining seven for "the next time". An absolutely criminal practice.) Also - bugs become resistant. They evolve. Then the broad-spectrum atb loses its punch. And guys like me have to find and make the next "silver bullet". If I came down with bronchitis, I'd noisily insist my doc culture it. Otherwise I'd feel borderline malpractice is being committed. Jmho. Re refills: I find some doctors are better than others at working the system. Each insurer has its own weirdnesses. If you find a doctor (and more importantly, her administrative ass't) who's on top of these things - imho that redeems a lot of other annoyances. A keeper.