When patients and doctors share in decisions about antibiotics for respiratory infections, fewer antibiotics are prescribed – and that’s a good thing, according to researchers who reviewed the subject.
Over-prescription of antibiotics for conditions that do not require them exposes more bacteria to the drugs and speeds resistant mutations – making the drugs less effective when they are actually needed.
According to a new review of past research, when patients and doctors discuss antibiotic prescribing together, fewer drugs are given out.
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