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re: Antibiotics don't work for Viruses (Cold & Flu)

Posted on 1/13/14 at 2:17 pm to
Posted by lsunurse
Member since Dec 2005
129146 posts
Posted on 1/13/14 at 2:17 pm to
Butters is cuter
Posted by Spock's Eyebrow
Member since May 2012
12300 posts
Posted on 1/13/14 at 2:17 pm to
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As my Physiology Prof. used to say in grad school...

"If you treat the flu aggressively it will last two weeks. Do nothing...it will last 14 days"


Sheeiiit, I learned as much from watching the Beverly Hillbillies:

LINK
Posted by CurDog
Member since Jan 2007
28157 posts
Posted on 1/13/14 at 2:19 pm to
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Butters is cuter



noted
Posted by CadesCove
Mounting the Woman
Member since Oct 2006
40828 posts
Posted on 1/13/14 at 2:20 pm to
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Take some zicam for the cold. The placebo effect will make you think it works.


Sinus cocktail shot, FTMFW.
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
157035 posts
Posted on 1/13/14 at 2:20 pm to
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I learned as much from watching the Beverly Hillbillies
That was actually the first thing I thought of when I saw this thread

Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
120445 posts
Posted on 1/13/14 at 2:22 pm to
Well, no shite. I also hear that vegetables don't taste like meat either.
Posted by SSpaniel
Germantown
Member since Feb 2013
29658 posts
Posted on 1/13/14 at 2:25 pm to
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Sinus cocktail shot, FTMFW.



Those things work, and are awesome.
Posted by LateArrivalforLSU
Ascension Parish
Member since Sep 2012
3512 posts
Posted on 1/13/14 at 2:25 pm to
quote:

there are black pugs as well

My two Pugs. The male is black.

Posted by PapiGogo
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since May 2012
382 posts
Posted on 1/13/14 at 2:27 pm to
This is news? Antibiotics never worked for viruses; only immunizations work for viruses.
Posted by Darth_Vader
A galaxy far, far away
Member since Dec 2011
73411 posts
Posted on 1/13/14 at 2:28 pm to
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My two Pugs. The male is black.


Awesome. Pugs are very odd little creatures. I'm afraid our little pug will not be around too much longer. She's still healthy (for her age) but I'm starting to see that she's really showing her years. She looks almost exactly like your female except, as I said earlier, her muzzle is mostly gray now.
Posted by CadesCove
Mounting the Woman
Member since Oct 2006
40828 posts
Posted on 1/13/14 at 2:29 pm to
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Those things work, and are awesome.


I wish I could get one about once a week.
Posted by TigerstuckinMS
Member since Nov 2005
33687 posts
Posted on 1/13/14 at 4:56 pm to
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My two Pugs. The male is black.


I'm going to hell, but it appears he likes 'em thick and white.
This post was edited on 1/13/14 at 5:00 pm
Posted by NativeFork
Phoenix, AZ
Member since Jan 2014
263 posts
Posted on 1/13/14 at 4:58 pm to
Damn you Robitussin.
Posted by Hey Brah
Member since Aug 2013
8 posts
Posted on 1/13/14 at 5:12 pm to
But antibiotics often help the secondary infections which people are more likely to catch due to the stress their immune system is under.

AAAAHAAAAA!

Posted by REG861
Ocelot, Iowa
Member since Oct 2011
38126 posts
Posted on 1/13/14 at 5:37 pm to
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I though this was pretty much common knowledge. Is this news to anyone?



It should be common knowledge, but probably isn't.
Posted by Hopeful Doc
Member since Sep 2010
15388 posts
Posted on 1/13/14 at 5:49 pm to
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only immunizations work for viruses.


And nucleotide/side analogues (HAART, Acyclovir, etc), Neuraminidase inhibitors (Tamiflu), fusion inhibitors (Fuzeon), integrase inhibitors (Raltegravir), and protease inhibitors (ritonavir)


All listed in parenthesis are merely a single example of a drug in the class, rather than the sole members of the aforementioned class.
Posted by J Murdah
Member since Jun 2008
40189 posts
Posted on 1/13/14 at 5:50 pm to
I like the word "discharge."
Posted by Hopeful Doc
Member since Sep 2010
15388 posts
Posted on 1/13/14 at 5:51 pm to
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But antibiotics often help the secondary infections which people are more likely to catch due to the stress their immune system is under.



When you can demonstrate a controlled clinical trial or meta-analysis of a case series that suggests prophylactic antibiotics are beneficial in the case of the cold and flu, the entire medical community will be happy to start prescribing them prophylactically. Unless, of course, you are suggesting that they are given when a secondary infection surfaces. In which case, yes. Antibiotics are used to treat bacterial infections, regardless of their primary or secondary origins.
Posted by ZacAttack
The Land Mass
Member since Oct 2012
6416 posts
Posted on 1/13/14 at 5:52 pm to
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My two Pugs. The male is black.


Are their names Ebony and Ivory, cause that would be pretty awesome.
Posted by DrTyger
Covington
Member since Oct 2009
22325 posts
Posted on 1/13/14 at 6:52 pm to
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When you can demonstrate a controlled clinical trial or meta-analysis of a case series that suggests prophylactic antibiotics are beneficial in the case of the cold and flu, the entire medical community will be happy to start prescribing them prophylactically. Unless, of course, you are suggesting that they are given when a secondary infection surfaces. In which case, yes. Antibiotics are used to treat bacterial infections, regardless of their primary or secondary origins.



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