Comments on: All Health Care Ought to Be Like This http://www.moundalexis.com/tm/2007/08/21/all-health-care-ought-to-be-like-this/ Rants and musings, without care for substance. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:46:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Alex http://www.moundalexis.com/tm/2007/08/21/all-health-care-ought-to-be-like-this/#comment-3413 Alex Wed, 22 Aug 2007 22:27:06 +0000 http://www.moundalexis.com/tm/2007/08/21/all-health-care-ought-to-be-like-this/#comment-3413 Mike: A virus does have to run its course, but there are other bacterial infections that can be effectively treated with antibiotics. If I've got an antibiotic-resistant strain there isn't much I can do about it now. The last time I had them was in 1998. Mike: A virus does have to run its course, but there are other bacterial infections that can be effectively treated with antibiotics. If I’ve got an antibiotic-resistant strain there isn’t much I can do about it now. The last time I had them was in 1998.

]]> By: Mike Fisher http://www.moundalexis.com/tm/2007/08/21/all-health-care-ought-to-be-like-this/#comment-3393 Mike Fisher Wed, 22 Aug 2007 00:44:19 +0000 http://www.moundalexis.com/tm/2007/08/21/all-health-care-ought-to-be-like-this/#comment-3393 in most cases the cost of antibiotics is cheaper than the lab test anyways, so you wonder why people wouldn’t bother opting for the drugs over the 0.03% 2 reasons: due to bacteria or <b>virii unknown</b> -- antibiotics do not treat viruses <a href="http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/antimicro.htm" rel="nofollow">Antibiotic resistance</a> is a strong reason to try to avoid taking antibiotics. in most cases the cost of antibiotics is cheaper than the lab test anyways, so you wonder why people wouldn’t bother opting for the drugs over the 0.03%

2 reasons:

due to bacteria or virii unknown — antibiotics do not treat viruses
Antibiotic resistance is a strong reason to try to avoid taking antibiotics.

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