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Oral and injected antibiotics require a prescription. There are some topical (applied to the skin) antibiotics which are sold over the counter.
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Why should't doctores over prescribe antibiotics?
Because the organisms that the antibiotics kill (to make you better) evolve resistance to the antibiotics when they are exposed to them. This means that the more the exposure (prescribing) the faster resistance develops. Antibiotics should therefore ONLY be used when really needed and taken EXACTLY as they are meant to. Stopping a dose of antibiotics before a full course of treatment is worse than over prescribing.
Why patient on antibiotics require blood test?
There is no one reason for this. Ask the prescribing practitioner.
How can pharmacist spread the microbial resistance to antibiotics by prescription?
Yes, but don't blame the pharmacist. Blame the doctors who have been over prescribing antibiotics for decades.
Why wont prescribing antibiotics to humans every time help eliminate diseases?
Becase eventually the diseases grow immune to the antibiotics we prescribe, rendering the drug ineffective against them.
Why should doctors be discouraged from prescribing antibiotics every time their patients feel ill?
Because using antibiotics too much can cause microbes to mutate become resistant to the medication.
How do you treat a cold in your kidney?
You cannot get a cold in your kidney. You can however get an infection in it. A kidney infection is usually treated by prescribing antibiotics.
Why is prescribing antibiotics to humans every time they have a disease a dangerous practice?
Antibiotics are not fever reducing agents. Most of the fevers are viral fevers. Antibiotics should not be used to treat the same. You have many unqualified doctors in most of the developing countries, like India. They dominate the primary health care in most of the villages and slums. They start the prescription with one or other antibiotic. The quacks seems to be protected by the the law enforcing machinery. There are laws to prohibit the quackery, but never enforced. This has created the problem of antibiotic resistance like NDM 1 or super bug. If you do not interfere, the antibiotics will be useless in near future.
What is the noun form of prescribe?
The noun forms of the verb to prescribe are prescriber, prescription, and the gerund, prescribing. Prescription is the recommendation of a doctor to take a course of treatment. It is also to make a rule.
Can you get pregnant due to being on the pill and drinking antibiotics?
You should not self medicate. If you are taking antibiotics, then the doctor prescribing these to you will also know you are on the pill and will have advised you regarding interactions between medicines. This is why training to be a doctor takes so long and can only be achieved by clever people. Self medication is dangerous and leads to medicines (especially antibiotics) becoming ineffective as organisms evolve to get round them - DON'T DO IT.
Is penicillin ok for a 5 year old?
Only a pediatrician is able to inform you if penicillin is indicated for your baby. Get used to avoid antibiotics whenever you can do it. Antibiotics require special attention on prescribing it, You may try alternative medicines as soon as the symptoms appear. Get informations on specialized websites which cares for children health.
When was Monthly Prescribing Reference created?
Monthly Prescribing Reference was created in 1984.
Why doesnt prescribing antibiotics to humans everytime they have a disease will not help elminate diseases caused by bacteria?
Because the CONDITIONS that caused the illness and disease are still present. Antibiotics are a shortcut that don't fix the real problems. Proper nutrition, physical activity, sleep, sunlight, and water and the only ways to change the conditions in your body from disease to health.
