Reply #41: absolutely agree doctor payoffs are a problem [View All]

[Djinn]

But that happens AFTER a drug is approved for use. We're probably not comparing apples adn oranges here the Aust system is VERY different, doctors are less suseptible to bribery to prescribed certain brands over other because the PBS allows cheap generic brands into the market and it's what most people end up using.

"Regarding your observations about antibiotics being taken for viral conditions, I would reply that I have had viral infections and been prescribed antibiotics by doctors for secondary symptoms many times more than once."

I'd say get a new doctor - antibiotics are useful only for bacterial infection if you had one antibiotics good if you didn't bad - if they were available over the counter people would pop them for every sniffle.

"Antibiotic resistance due to overuse of antibiotics in people is a flawed argument. They give constant antibiotics to animals in feedlots as a preventative. People flush the most powerful antibacterials down the sewer from washing their hands, because they believe anti-bacterial soap is better. Who makes out? Not us little people.

true but just because one is a problem doesn't mean the other isn't - it is NOT false, although there is limited evidence on the antibac hand wash issue compared to farming and over prescribing.