Doctors are to be told to stop prescribing antibiotics for coughs, colds and sore throats because over-use of the drugs is fuelling the spread of killer hospital superbugs. Alan Johnson, the Health Secretary, says it is time to end the unnecessary use of penicillin and other commonly-prescribed pills, which cost the NHS £1.7 billion a year.
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Antibiotics for cough and colds fuels spread of superbugs, doctors are told - The Times Online - 9th January 2008
Pushy patients blamed for rise of superbugs | Society | The Guardian - 9th January 2008
Stop giving antibiotics for colds, doctors told - The Telegraph 9th January 2008
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
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