Re: Antibiotics have 'little effect' on cough and phlegm

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Luckily we have had the same pediatrician for YEARS who is wise and wonderful, and homeopathic minded, though our insurance does not cover homeopathic Dr.s She always has a natural remedy up her sleeve and frowns on X-Rays, over medicating, overuse of antibiotics, etc....

On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Sheri Nakken <vaccinedangers@...> wrote:

 

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/health-12846963

Antibiotics have 'little effect' on cough and phlegm24

March 11 09:26 ET

 

Taking antibiotics for a bad cough which produces green or yellow

phlegm is of little benefit, says Cardiff University research.

A study of over 3,000 adults from across Europe found that patients

producing coloured phlegm are more likely to be prescribed antibiotics by

their GP.

Yet the antibiotic treatment did not appear to speed up their

recovery.

The study appears in the European Respiratory Journal.

An acute cough or a lower respiratory tract infection is a very common

reason for people going to see their GP in the UK, says the

study.

Coughing up phlegm coloured green or yellow is also one of the most

common reasons for GPs prescribing antibiotics, because they believe it

is more likely to indicate a bacterial cause.

The team from the School of Medicine at Cardiff University collected data

from 13 European countries for their research, asking patients and

doctors to record symptoms and treatments for the condition.

The researchers found that patients who produced green or yellow phlegm

were prescribed antibiotics " considerably more often " then

those with clear or white phlegm.

They also found that, after seven days, the biggest difference between

those who were and were not treated with antibiotics was less than one

half of a percentage point on a symptom severity scale.

Side effects

Professor , who led the study, said: " Our findings

resonate with findings from randomised trials where benefit from

antibiotic treatment in those producing discoloured phlegm has been found

to be marginal at best or non-existent. "

" Our findings add weight to the message that acute cough in

otherwise well adults is a self-limiting condition and antibiotic

treatment does not speed recovery to any meaningful extent.

" In fact, antibiotic prescribing in this situation simply

unnecessarily exposes people to side effects from antibiotics, undermines

future self care, and drives up antibiotic resistance, " Professor

said.

The study also found that GPs from Scandinavia are good at targeting

their prescribing of antibiotics while The Netherlands use half as many

antibiotics than the UK.

Professor added: " Antibiotics can save people's lives, but we

need to keep them away from people who will not benefit from

them. "

" The more we use them, the less likely they are to work. "

Sheri Nakken, former R.N., MA, Hahnemannian

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