Educating the public about how drugs are prescribed can help prevent overprescription and antibiotic resistance, advise researchers

(Natural News) Primary care physicians routinely over-prescribe antibiotics and contribute to the problem of antibiotic resistance. According to a 2016 report from the National Health Service, antibiotic resistance is “one of the most significant threats to patient safety worldwide.” A study published in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy presents a simple solution to this growing…

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