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2. Where did I ever advocate that anyone self medicate? In what way? HOW? If I ever said such a thing, please point it out so that I can apologize, because I don’t believe that. (I take it back. A couple of years ago I did admit that I self-medicated with animal antibiotics one time in highschool because we didn’t have insurance. I believe that I also said that I DID NOT RECOMMEND IT. Oh, and I gave myself stitches that same year.)

3. So you’re saying that you’re going to refuse to admit that the ‘forceful mom’ is actually the least of the causes of the antibiotic resistance problem in an effort to educate the poor idiots on FR who might read this thread? I hate to point this out to you, but FReepers have been all over this antibiotic issue long before the MSM got on top of it. We’re not idiots.

1. I’m not ‘morphing the topic to painkillers’. No more than I’m ‘morphing the topic to physical therapy’. I was pointing out that physicians have the power to determine treatment and, in many areas, they actively do. Freely. But G-d forbid a mom ask for antibiotics... Then they’re weak, unprofessional, helpless people who can’t have a reasonable conversation with a mother? Sheesh.

And yet physicians refuse pain patients opioids every day. LINK

Don't try to pull the 'I was only giving an example.." defense on this. I'm giving you credit for knowing the difference between pain-killers of the type you're addressing here and antiobiotics. One is a Class II narcotic, and the other is a common antiobiotic. My having to address this is exactly why I called you on the attempt to change the topic. Correcting that glaring comparision would have done exactly what I charged you with 'changing the topic.' And here we are doing exactly what I suggested we would be doing, addressing something off the original topic. You can understand that right?

2. Where did I ever advocate that anyone self medicate? In what way? HOW? If I ever said such a thing, please point it out so that I can apologize, because I don’t believe that. (I take it back. A couple of years ago I did admit that I self-medicated with animal antibiotics one time in highschool because we didn’t have insurance. I believe that I also said that I DID NOT RECOMMEND IT. Oh, and I gave myself stitches that same year.)

Pop a Valium. It’s called a ‘conversation’ LINK

3. So you’re saying that you’re going to refuse to admit that the ‘forceful mom’ is actually the least of the causes of the antibiotic resistance problem...

And this from the informed person who can't remember what they posted on the forum from one moment to the next, or what it's ultimate impact on the discussion will be? Yeah...

Okay then the forceful mom is not a problem. Strangely enough the internet is full of examples that indicate otherwise. LINK

...in an effort to educate the poor idiots on FR who might read this thread? I hate to point this out to you, but FReepers have been all over this antibiotic issue long before the MSM got on top of it. We’re not idiots.

That's right. You're just defending the well-informed people on the forum from little ole disrespectful me. Well, you might be interested to visit this site. It seems to have discovered a problem you had no idea was out there.

For the record, I never said or even came close to intimating that people on Free Republic are stupid. That was your flight of fantasy. I did say that the demographic here was such that information like this would be important. Even if the information only helped one person, it could save the children around them some trouble. Now, evidently it's your contention we shouldn't try to help each other here. I don't agree.

Let me quote:

The article is titled, The Coming Antibiotic Apocalypse’ Is Why Parents Need To Trust Their Pediatricians.

The problem, of course, with visiting the doctor so often is that most parents expect to leave with a cure in hand. Or a prescription for a cure. And most doctors, afraid of not covering all the bases, missing a minor detail, getting sued, or simply angering their patient, prescribe those “cures” in the form of antibiotics. Even when the antibiotics are unnecessary and ineffective.

So find a physician you trust and then listen when they say, “Sorry, I think this is viral and we’ll just have to wait it out.”

Now I have to admit, I did find these on a rather anti-woman biased site. It's called "Mommyish.com". The author Lindsay Cross addresses her own demanor when she took her child in for care, and that of other parents too. Then she offers guidance to parents, much like what I suggested here. Imagine that. LINK

I guess you have your work cut out for you, enlightening folks that the problem I addressed isn't really a problem at all. Good luck with that.