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What does fungi produce and doctors prescribe?
Antibiotics
Why doctors prescribe vitamin tablets along with antibiotics?
why doctors prescribe vitamin b tablets along with antibiotic
Do doctors have the obligation to prescribe the antibiotics if the patient requests it?
No. Just asking for medication does not mean they have to prescribe it.
What kills Streptococcus?
One thing that kills Steptococcus is antibiotics, which is why doctors prescribe antibiotics when you have strep throat.
Why don't doctors prescribe antibiotics if you have the flu?
antibiotics can be powerful.
Why do doctors prescribe antibiotics as infrequently as possible?
According to what I've been told by several doctors, if a person takes antibiotics too often, the person begins to become immune to the effects.
Does antibiotics cure bacteria?
Bacteria are treated with antibiotics and viruses are treated with antiviral medications.
You visited a doctor because you have bad cold What if your doctors prescribe medicines for you but not antibiotics Why not?
Antibiotics do not cure the common cold since the common cold is a viral illness. Antibiotics are for bacteria, not viruses, so it would not make sense for a physician to prescribe an antibiotic for a cold and would actually be irresponsible if the physician did this.
Why do doctors prescibe antibiotics for viral infections when antibiotics are supposed to be for bacterial infections?
Sometimes doctors will prescribe them to either prevent or treat a secondary infection. Some examples are lung or ear infections that may develop as a result of an initial viral infection.
Can urgent care clinics give antibiotics?
Urgent care centers do have either doctors or nurse practitioners that can prescribe antibiotics but you may be asking a question about antibiotics for viral infections. Antibiotics for viral infections don't work. They are only given if a secondary infection is expected
What type of medicine is persrcibed by the doctor when you have a cold?
Doctors do not prescribe any medication for a common cold. The common cold is a viral condition and antibiotics should not be prescribed for it.
Why do doctors prescribe such potentially harmful antibiotics?
Some times, it is the lesser of 2 evils. Yes, they are dangerious (like chemo is for treatment of cancer) but it can have positive affects.
