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Toffeepud's avatar

Thank you for a balanced antidote to the hysteria.

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Tim Smith's avatar

Great summary Ali, cheers

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Steven Bornfeld's avatar

Is it common practice in the UK to throw antibiotics at just about any case of pharyngitis, as it unfortunately is here in the U.S.?

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Alasdair Munro's avatar

No, usually prescribing policies are relatively restrictive. The feeling is that there is minimal benefit to treating most cases of simple pharyngitis which is offset by the risks of increasing antimicrobial resistance.

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Paul Steeper's avatar

Thank you. I shall be raising awareness of the amber and red flags you've raised and sharing it on my FB page in addition to retweets on Twitter.

💙👊😎

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