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OJFordtoday at 3:01 AM1 replyview on HN

There's concern of resistance taken seriously for sure, but it's not like people are making out here - I had fluclox prescribed after an online consultation in Jan (for probable cellulitis) - they don't give it out like candy, but when it's indicated...

Maybe they tried something broad spectrum here, and what was necessary (and required the sequencing to know what it actually was) was something more targeted.


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philjohntoday at 7:38 AM

Yep - the UK prescribing guidelines from NICE are eminently sensible as a way of staving off antibiotic armaggedon.

One example of the guidance: https://elearning.rcgp.org.uk/pluginfile.php/199275/mod_book...