SAN FRANCISCO — Doctors are writing 6 times as many antibiotic prescriptions for sore throats as they should, and are prescribing antibiotics for bronchitis despite no evidence of a benefit, 2 new studies show.
Efforts to reduce the unnecessary prescription of antibiotics for sore throats have had only modest effects, and for bronchitis have had no effect, said Jeffrey Linder, MD, from Harvard Medical School in Boston/.../
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