The concept makes liberals feel good, because everybody has an insurance card.
The fact that nobody is able to receive medical care, is of no consequence to them."
You nailed that.
Posted on 07/23/2008 5:19:54 AM PDT by yankeedame
By Daniel Martin
Last updated at 2:35 AM on 23rd July 2008
Doctors will be told not to hand out antibiotics for coughs, sore throats and colds under guidelines to be unveiled today.
GPs have been accused of wasting more than £100million on the drugs every year for patients with respiratory tract infections.
Rationing watchdog the National Institute for Clinical Excellence said today that the vast majority of cases would clear up on their own.
Adults should simply 'take a rest' while children should be offered 'love and attention'.
And NICE warned that putting patients on antibiotics placed them at needless risk of side effects such as nausea, diarrhoea and vomiting.
Experts also believe that overuse of antibiotics could be a major factor behind the spread of superbugs such as MRSA because it prompts harmful bacteria to develop resistance, and could make it harder to treat serious conditions in the future.
In 2007, GPs wrote 38 prescriptions for antibiotics, costing the Health Service £175million.
NICE said 60 per cent of these were for patients with respiratory tract infections meaning around £105million was wasted.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Strep Throats and Sore Throats go hand in hand.
Well, antibiotics don’t do a darn thing for viral illnesses.
I wonder if they can still purchase vitamins there? Olive Leaf Extract works great for sinus/upper respiratory issues.
Has anybody noticed that the abbreviation is the same as for the National Institute for Coordinated Experiments?
Socialized medicine means DYING IN LINE!
The concept makes liberals feel good, because everybody has an insurance card.
The fact that nobody is able to receive medical care, is of no consequence to them.
I think we found the problem, here. What do these prescriptions cost, 5 million each?
:)
Cheap, antiquated, treatment is allowed.
Effective, new treatment is not.
You nailed that.
Not necessarily. Sore throats can be caused by viruses, allergies, chemical irritants, or even excessive talking. A good Dr. will not treat for strep without a positive culture or other indication of bacterial infection. The overuse of antibiotics is a serious problem, which is putting all of us at risk of developing untreatable infections.
This all sounds strange. Are they suggesting that UK docs withold antibiotic meds from people who have strep throat? Do they take throat cultures or were UK docs prescribing antibiotics to anyone with a sore throat?
FWIW, I think this is a way to keep docs from prescribing antibiotics for viral illnesses.
Why won't that work on adults? Some immunity problem?
Effective, new treatment is not.
Hello? See the post above. Antibiotics will not do anything for viral infections (colds), and, as the article points out (at least the part I read) inappropriately prescribed antibiotics are the probable cause of "superbugs" like MRSA.
Now, if the docs are being stopped from treating strep with antibiotics, that is a different matter. Somehow, I don't think this is happening.
That’s what I was trying to get at. It appears they were prescribing antibiotic meds for viral infections. Not a good idea.
Yes...I was simply continuing my rant against socialized medicine.
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