Here’s another piece of ‘Intelligence for your life’ from Majic 107.7 mid-day host, Josh Tesh. :
When we’re sick, it makes good sense to look to doctors to give us the right advice, right? Of course- they’re the experts, and if you’re seriously sick, get medical help.
But sometimes doctors will prescribe medicines that aren’t required. Sometimes they are incentivized by pharmaceutical companies, and sometimes they prescribe them just because patients ask for them.
But if you’ve got a common cold, you’ll want to think long and hard before starting antibiotics treatment. Not only are they ineffective, but they can create a much bigger problem for your body because they don’t work against fighting colds.
A recent study from the Journal of the American Medical Association found that 30% of antibiotics prescribed don’t do anything. Most often, it’s in cases where the affliction is minor, like a cold, which passes in the same amount of time with no added benefit from drugs. In other words, a waste of time and money when given to patients with respiratory illnesses or infections such as colds, bronchitis, or sinus infections, none of which respond to antibiotics, because they’re for bacteria; not for viruses. Colds are caused by viruses, so you can see right off the bat they won’t do much.
