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Re:Loss of myelin is one of the major factors of age-related... by aidenn0 on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @02:14AM (#26473566)
Because the side effects are considered better than dying? None of them are drugs of first resort for bacterial infection.
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Re:Loss of myelin is one of the major factors of age-related... by mancerayder on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @09:01AM (#26476142)
False. They're absolutely given as a drug of first resort, all the time, in many places of the world. Happened to me.

In the US, in the early 2000s there was an anthrax terrorism scare where they tried giving thousands of people Cipro pre emptively.

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Re:Loss of myelin is one of the major factors of age-related... by stevebmark on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @02:29AM (#26473646)
They're a first resort for urologists, especially for people with any kind of prostate pain, even if there's no clear sign of infection.
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Re:Loss of myelin is one of the major factors of age-related... by bongoman37 on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @03:53AM (#26474044)
At least in India, they are often given as first line treatments sometimes even when there is no infection prior to surgery to prevent infections later.
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Re:Loss of myelin is one of the major factors of age-related... by amanaplanacanal on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @05:59AM (#26474787)
I had same thing done in US for prostate surgery.
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Re:Loss of myelin is one of the major factors of age-related... by 3131s on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @04:11AM (#26474130)
I've gotten these OTC at pharmacies in Southeast Asia, but didn't take them because I look up every medicine that I get.
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Re:Loss of myelin is one of the major factors of age-related... by bottled_poe on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @04:56AM (#26474383)
OTC ffs... This is why we can’t have nice things.
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Re:Loss of myelin is one of the major factors of age-related... by tim333 on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @05:25AM (#26474578)
They are available everywhere in SE Asia, sometimes even in supermarkets in places like Nepal.
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