Millions of kids’ antibiotic Rx’s unneeded: study

Reuters Health, November 7, 2011

Pediatricians write more than 10 million unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions — for conditions like the flu and asthma — every year, suggests a new study.

Those ailments, and others not caused by bacteria, don’t respond to the drugs. But misuse of antibiotics contributes to drug resistance — so those same medications might not work in the future when they’re really needed.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/07/us-kids-antibiotic-rxs-idUSTRE7A66U820111107