Yeah wow...
Now we’re supposed to morph the topic to pain killers.
What’s up with that Marie?
Now you’re even advocating I self-medicate. I guess that’s how you must live your life. I don’t.
A conversation? No, it’s called denial.
Who frequents this forum? Physicians mostly? No! It’s moms and pops and grand-parents. So which person is the primary caregiver in most instances, and who will it help most by addressing the problem they can have a direct hand in preventing?
Any guesses? Obviously not...
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.
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.