Guest guest Posted June 7, 2004 Report Share Posted June 7, 2004 Na, I think a lot of Americans do this too. " Doctor I have a cold, I need an antibiotic. " I mean, you see on TV how people get oversensitive and use more product than they need, and therefore set themselves up for creating resistant germs--on a commercial, a kid spills juice and Mom gets out the Clorox bleach wipes to clean it up (bet the Bounty people hated that one too ). I'm telling you, I didn't know spilled juice was a biohazard and I'm clearly lucky to have survived my childhood, cuz my mom just used plain old paper towel when I spilled stuff. I wonder if I could sue for child endangerment. The whole thing makes me want to kick these people, and the really sad thing is that some doctors probably would give them an antibiotic just to get them off her/his back... , Butch Owen <butchbsi@s...> wrote: > Hi Jen, > > > snip > > > >>as well as forcing medical doctors to do more work because now some > >>call anything they can't identify a viral infection .. and they know > >>that antibiotics are not effective against viruses but since they > >>aren't sure what the problem is anyway, they prescribe a general > >>antiobiotic with wide reaching effects. > > > > I'm not disagreeing with you Butch, but many times a virus weakens the > > immune system and leaves the door open for a secondary bacterial > > infection. And often it's the symptoms of that secondary bacterial > > infection that you see, and that are more dangerous than the virus > > itself. So in those cases, anti-biotics are prescribed. Or oregano > > Understand I do .. and maybe I should have been a bit clearer in stating > that there is VALID reason for prescribing a wide ranging antibiotic > when the doc is not sure of the problem. If the doc is conscientious. > > Or .. maybe .. I was letting some of my prejudice hang out. ;-) Here > in Turkey (as in most European countries) the majority of the people are > served by the Social Medicine system .. its run sorta like an automobile > assembly line .. young docs with stethoscopes and prescription pads .. > and they seem to prescribe antibiotics for anyone who walks in with a > sore toe. Worst yet .. though the antibiotics available from pharmacies > (Western brands .. all) clearly state " By Prescription Only " anyone with > the money can walk in and buy what they want .. and as the public has > learned from the assembly line medical system that they are going to get > this one or that one when they go anyway .. they save time by avoiding > the system and heading to the pharmacy .. and the cost of antibiotics > here is less than the cost of a couple of cold beers. > > Most of my Turkish friends get sick often .. stay sick for a while too. > I have tried and tried to get a few who I care about to stop this but > its like trying to stop an alcoholic from having another drink. Those > who are far younger than I am wonder why I don't get sick as they do and > I try to explain .. but its like talking to a wall. :-( > > > JenB > > Y'all keep smiling. :-) Butch http://www.AV-AT.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2004 Report Share Posted June 7, 2004 Hi Jen, > snip > >>as well as forcing medical doctors to do more work because now some >>call anything they can't identify a viral infection .. and they know >>that antibiotics are not effective against viruses but since they >>aren't sure what the problem is anyway, they prescribe a general >>antiobiotic with wide reaching effects. > > I'm not disagreeing with you Butch, but many times a virus weakens the > immune system and leaves the door open for a secondary bacterial > infection. And often it's the symptoms of that secondary bacterial > infection that you see, and that are more dangerous than the virus > itself. So in those cases, anti-biotics are prescribed. Or oregano Understand I do .. and maybe I should have been a bit clearer in stating that there is VALID reason for prescribing a wide ranging antibiotic when the doc is not sure of the problem. If the doc is conscientious. Or .. maybe .. I was letting some of my prejudice hang out. ;-) Here in Turkey (as in most European countries) the majority of the people are served by the Social Medicine system .. its run sorta like an automobile assembly line .. young docs with stethoscopes and prescription pads .. and they seem to prescribe antibiotics for anyone who walks in with a sore toe. Worst yet .. though the antibiotics available from pharmacies (Western brands .. all) clearly state " By Prescription Only " anyone with the money can walk in and buy what they want .. and as the public has learned from the assembly line medical system that they are going to get this one or that one when they go anyway .. they save time by avoiding the system and heading to the pharmacy .. and the cost of antibiotics here is less than the cost of a couple of cold beers. Most of my Turkish friends get sick often .. stay sick for a while too. I have tried and tried to get a few who I care about to stop this but its like trying to stop an alcoholic from having another drink. Those who are far younger than I am wonder why I don't get sick as they do and I try to explain .. but its like talking to a wall. :-( > JenB Y'all keep smiling. :-) Butch http://www.AV-AT.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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