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What are these other options to bacterial infections? Antibiotics might be very nasty, but it beats the alternatives, such as heart damage, fever, headaches, sore throats, and death.

A lot of bacterial infections your body can beat on its own. This is more important for children, as their immune systems need the workout.

Obviously there are exceptions, but this generation of kids is the "z-pack" generation and its going to get ugly.

When I was in college from 2006-2010, the campus health center would give out z-packs for everything. It was borderline malpractice.

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Posted by SlowFlowPro

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Posted on 7/6/15 at 9:24 am to TheCaterpillar

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When I was in college from 2006-2010, the campus health center would give out z-packs for everything. It was borderline malpractice.

i know people who demand z-packs every time they get a cold. they've created a complete placebo effect

it always cracks me up when i have a cold and they're like "man go to urgent care and get a zpac" and i'm just

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Posted by Sir Drinksalot

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Posted on 7/6/15 at 9:28 am to TheCaterpillar

My mom used to bring me in for every cough and get abx. I remember my dad bitching at her for doing that

I hated that awful pink souplike penicillin :gross:
My kids have had them one or two times.
They have been prescribed abx way more than that but I won't give it to them unless I think they really need it. I always go back for the check up and get the all clear tho.
About Three years ago Drs quit handing it out like candy.

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