Time for a bit of medical education

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• greco@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  i get this is c/lemmyshitpost, but there is nothing here that screams shitpost, and this is not how antibiotics work and it’s not how they are prescribed.

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  • Drusas@fedia.io ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    And one of these is an antifungal, not an antibiotic.

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  • hypnicjerk@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    never a good look when the shitpost sub upvotes “informative” slop

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• Hapankaali@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Life hack: use the one your doctor prescribes.

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  • tourist@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Life hack: use more than one, at the same time, arbitrarily, whenever you feel like it, unprescribed

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    please don’t actually do that

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    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Stop when you feel better

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  • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Unless you’re allergic, in which case remind them.

    I’ve been prescribed meds I’m allergic to way too often.

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    • Hapankaali@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Really? Seems I can’t step a millimetre in a doctor’s office without them asking if I’m allergic to anything (turns out that being allergic to stupidity isn’t an issue when it comes to medical treatment).

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• DragonAce@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Antiboitics are prescribed on a case by case basis and aren’t designed only for specific infections, I’ve been prescribed Levofloxacin and Doxycycline before for severe sinus infections.

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• Diddlydee@feddit.uk ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Amoxicillin is used for way more than the examples shown - UTIs, dental infection, stomach ulcers, even Lyme disease. That’s the main one I know.

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  • Soulphite@reddthat.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It says “broad spectrum”; while listing a few examples… what’d you want it to list every single thing it covers? ‘Broad’ means wide variety.

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    • Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Amoxicillin is up there twice. Once for “broad spectrum”. The other seems to only be for ear, nose and sinus infections.

      The graphic is shit and misleading.

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• CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  You’ll note that the common cold, norovirus, and influenza aren’t listed. Don’t ask for antibiotics.

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  • Soulphite@reddthat.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    People often confuse viral infections as bacterial infection… instead one would require anti-viral. I’m sure it’s just people not knowing what ‘biotic’ is referencing.

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    • CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I don’t think it’s that deep. “I feel ill. Give me pill” and the doctor give something that cures syphilis, so it must be good.

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    • PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yeah also generic anti-virals don’t exist like they do as antibiotics. There’s no cure for the common cold.

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• thatsTheCatch@lemmy.nz ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  A big red stop sign that says “SLOP”

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• HuntressHimbo@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Talk to your doctor before taking ciprofloxacin if you or family have EDS. It can do a number on your tendons

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• Broadfern@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Cipro is brutal. Last time I took it 2 days in I felt like my tendons were disintegrating. I couldn’t even pour myself a cup of coffee without crying.

  I was able to take it a couple times before without too much issue, but Jesus it doesn’t play around.

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• dellish@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  What’s Pemicillin? Never heard of that one before. /s

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