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Re:Where is the scrutiny over FDA’s role in the overdose epi... by thehappypm on Thursday September 16, 2021 @05:17PM (#28557752)
I'm curious -- OTC antibiotic ointments are easy to get access to and downright obvious to use when there's a skin injury. Did you not try that before going to the doctor?

If I'm the doctor, the risk/reward for me is to overdo antibiotics and make sure to kill infections with them, if the parent has come so far as to come see me. It's risky to say "use an ointment" if there's even a slim chance it doesn't work.

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Re:Where is the scrutiny over FDA’s role in the overdose epi... by AndrewBissell on Thursday September 16, 2021 @10:52PM (#28560698)
Yes, we had tried those and also prescription mupirocin and none had worked by themselves. We wound up having to lance the infection on her finger daily and treat it with the mupirocin for a couple of weeks. Her whole hand was in a bandage for that time, and some of the doctors were telling us she might lose part of her finger if it wasn't treated.
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Re:Where is the scrutiny over FDA’s role in the overdose epi... by thehappypm on Friday September 17, 2021 @10:09AM (#28565669)
I'm not sure I follow -- you tried topical antibiotics, it didn't work, you went to the doctor who recommended an oral antibiotic, you ignored that and tried a different topical antibiotic and it worked? What's your point exactly?
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