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raincole 5 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: What was the Golden Age of Antibiotics, and how ca...

> the kinds of antibiotics we need the most are ones with significant side effects

What? Absolutely not. The patients would have a very strong incentive to not finish the whole course of treatment.

shellfishgene 5 months ago [–]

These are typically only used in the hospital after all else fails.

duskwuff 5 months ago | [–]

Right. Only a small fraction of antibiotics are regularly prescribed for outpatient use; a lot of the more "serious" antibiotics (like vancomycin, for instance) are primarily given as IV infusions in an inpatient setting.

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