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Originally Posted by heero_yuy
It would be better for all concerned but isn't there something in the doctor's oath that precludes this?
I've only had an antibiotic 4 times in my life and three of those were for tooth abscesses but even then the abscess could have been lanced/drained to ease the pain. Antibiotic was the easy route.
BTW the last time the antibiotic ruined my guts and I had to take pro-biotics to sort them out.
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I'm not sure about that but I reckon GP's might be conscious of the possibility of legal action if they prescribed a placebo and it turned out that the patient did have a serious infection and suffered as a result of not having been given antibiotics promptly. As we have with A&E I do think patients have themselves to blame for some of the NHS's ills.