Why can't I buy anti-biotics?

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In the city I might get that but I live in a little village.
Some parts of Canada are still living in the 70's
soz marra didnt realise you were owt there. Arnly a village where I am and had that system for years and can order repeat prescriptions online direct to pick up at Chemist.
Toronto seemed pretty state of the art when we were there back in 2001 although yes Niagara was a bit different!
 


I don't normally but after every cold I end up with heavy feeling lungs and getting a sore throats from coughing to the point I lose my voice :lol:

That might still be viral.

I'm immunosuppressed so sometimes it takes me a good 2-3 weeks to fully get over a simple cold, including the symptoms as above. I've never had antibiotics for it and just wait it out with the usual paracetamol and throat lozenges etc.
 
Go to Spain, buy them over the counter and cheap as owt.

Allegedly .
Stock up when I go to Mexico.
Mind they often sit in the cupboard unused until they expire but for the sake of $15 a bottle it makes me feel good to know I have them!
 
What we need is a massive shift towards testing rather than treating.

Take a swab, get an answer in 48hrs as to whether an antibiotic will help or not.

Even when I had an obvious infection after an operation, I still had to do a swab to confirm it!
 
I always get a chest infection after a cold so I know exactly whats wrong and what I need.

It looks like I need to book an appointment with a doctor but I work away so I would end up missing out on 2 days wages if I wait for an appointment.

Because they are controlled medicine s and the overuse is causing selective pressures given rise to superbugs
 
I always get a chest infection after a cold so I know exactly whats wrong and what I need.

It looks like I need to book an appointment with a doctor but I work away so I would end up missing out on 2 days wages if I wait for an appointment.

Because you aren’t a doctor.
 
Even when I had an obvious infection after an operation, I still had to do a swab to confirm it!
Usually if they suspect a uti, they'll dip a stick in the piss and prescribe anti biotics if the dip stick shows up protein etc. They'll then send the piss off to see if cultures grow overnight, this ensures the bug is sensitive to the anti biotics prescribed.

With things like chest infections, then can send off a sample to see if cultures grow too, but there's no quick test in primary care, so without an underlying condition they'll probably not prescribe until the results of the cultures are back.

Obviously if you present at A&E they can do blood tests to check CRP levels too, and start oral/IV anti biotics if appropriate.

Will mankind survive the next proper pandemic?
Yes. Don't worry, the elite will survive.
 
I always get a chest infection after a cold so I know exactly whats wrong and what I need.

It looks like I need to book an appointment with a doctor but I work away so I would end up missing out on 2 days wages if I wait for an appointment.

Resistance to antibiotics the single biggest threat to the human race.....Maybe if they stopped pumping animals that we eat full of it then this would be less of a problem....... #govegan
 
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