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Too many antibiotics!
It
is still happening. In 2007 some 38m prescriptions for antibiotics were
written by UK doctors, costing the NHS £175m, yet as coughs and colds
are mainly caused by viruses, they do not respond to antibiotics.
Indeed, a consultant paediatrician, Mike Sharland, is quoted as saying:
"Every year, over five million antibiotics are prescribed for children
- the great majority for upper respiratory tract infections, which are
nearly always viral."
Apparently a quarter of people in England
and Wales visit their GP every year because of symptoms of a
respiratory tract infection, which accounts for 60% of all antibiotic
prescribing in general practice. Doctors have been asked before to
desist from prescribing antibiotics for coughs and colds, but there is
concern that rates are still too high.
As well as Echinaforce and Echinacea Junior
for the colds and flus themselves, the impact of all those antibiotics
can only mean an increased need for a good prebiotic like Molkosan Vitality.
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