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Don't Prescribe Antibiotics for Adult Sinus Woes
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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 Public awareness about antibiotic resistance is increasing, but most people suffering from cough, drip, lack of sleep and other sinus symptoms are likely to come in demanding an antibiotic, Kao said.
And so the physician often makes the practical choice of giving what the patient wants, with a chance of relief, over the more abstract issue of antibiotic resistance, he said.
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For more on sinus infections, head to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Last updated 3/14/2008
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SOURCES: Donald A. Leopold, M.D., chairman, department of otolaryngology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha; Neil L. Kao, M.D., private practice, Greenville, S.C.; March 13, 2008, statement, Jordan S. Josephson, M.D., otolaryngologist, Lenox HIll Hospital; March 15, 2008, The Lancet; March 2007 Archives of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
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