Many antibiotic courses for common infections not in line with guidelines

Amadeo01 Mar, 2019Health

Treatment courses were 1.3 million days over a durations endorsed by guidelines, with many additional days due to diagnosis for respiratory conditions. Previous studies have found poignant over-prescribing of antibiotics in primary caring in a UK and elsewhere, write a authors. And overuse of antibiotics adds to increasing antibiotic insurgency levels, and puts patients during risk of side effects, they say.