“Doctors are not pressured by average people for drugs, when they very well know the drugs won’t do anything.”
Untrue. I say this from experience. Most people don’t actually understand the difference between a viral and a bacterial infection. I have to explain the distinction to my patients constantly. Also, many doctors (bad ones) hand out Zithromax like it’s candy just to get people asking for an antibiotic out the door, which only reinforces the idea to those patients that they need an antibiotic for everything.
Know the subject about which you are speaking before you open your mouth.
Were I less lazy I’d keep track of who are the medical doctors here.
I recall at least one other saying some of his patients would simply go to another doctor for what he wouldn’t prescribe. Doctor shopping. I guess.
If you read my full response you’d see I did say sometimes what you say happens. But nobody can force a doctor to write a prescription. That is bullsh1t and you know it.
I know doctors have to explain viruses are not affected by medicines that attack bateria. That is why you have to sit there and explain it to them. That’s part of the job. It’s also part of keeping a good reputation as a doctor, because other doctors if and when they review your treatments will see you are incorrectly prescribing meds that are not appropriate for what a patient has.
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Went to two docs last year for this bug. One ended up (after trying a ceplaosporin cause the first tried a amoxicillin) giving me a z-pack. No help.
You got any home remedies, or over the counter advice? I eat a lot of aspirin. Helps with the low grade fever. Should I dose on vitamins?
cephalosporin. Must be the delirium.