howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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this has been on the cards for some time with a lot of people demanding them from their doctors for any minor health problem.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20354536Brian Dixon
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it seems to be a reapeating story howard,it comes and go's like a cold.
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I am puzzled why the Doctor's cannot just say no when asked for antibiotics if they feel they are not needed? having said that in some European Countries they can be bought off the shelf.
Audere est facere.
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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This, potentially, is a huge problem. Much of the war on infections over the last fifty years could come to nothing. I've found this to be a particular issue in the USA, where the pressure to make medicines of all sorts go further and to be self-prescribed for all sorts of ailments is prevalent.
Coupled with the increasing sanitisation of early childhood, and the preponderance of processed foods, and the constant battle there seems to be to get mothers to breast-feed, our natural resistance to many infections is on the decline.
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Some doctors seem to dish out antibiotics without a second thought, whilst others are more careful.
As Tom says, processed foods contain a lot of different additives, which DO cause allergies.
I wonder how many consumers look at the lists of ingredients? I often wonder what manufacturers are thinking about when they make a new product - apart from advertising it and their profits !!
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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i was given a dose of antibiotics by my dentist a while back as a tooth had to come out and there was a long wait for the hospital. the problem was that the pain returned a month later so was given more. then another month later they prescribed some more despite my protestations that too many would cause more problems than they solve.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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penicilin is my bug bear,i seem to get an allergic reaction to it,but i am given an allternative instead.
Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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I too am allergic to penicillin Brian as well as several types of antibiotic. I refuse to take them (the ones I am not allergic to) unless I am at deaths door as they kill the good stuff as well as the bad. I know there are times when we do need them but personally it's a last resort.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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like wise jeane.