Purdue Pharma files for bankruptcy with $10B plan to settle claims

Re:Purdue Pharma files for bankruptcy with $10B plan to sett... by usertrjx on Monday September 16, 2019 @01:39PM (#20986603)

can you explain the issue with Amoxicillin and viral use? Is it that amox does nothing for viral infections, and was prescribed anyways?

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Re:Purdue Pharma files for bankruptcy with $10B plan to sett... by diag on Monday September 16, 2019 @02:42PM (#20987212)

Bacterial co-infection is a risk with viral infections, the problem is that antibiotics have been prescribed as a first line script when it isn't indicated.

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Re:Purdue Pharma files for bankruptcy with $10B plan to sett... by brogrammernot on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @11:47AM (#20996604)

Yeah, that’s the point I was trying to make.

Lots of times Doctors are providing a service and the expectation is “I feel bad, give me some pills to help” when in reality many cases are rest & recover but as a client can you imagine paying your social media person $500 for them to say “doing nothing is the right move”? Not really, no.

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