An Alarming Percentage of Families Share Leftover Antibiotics

Taking antibiotics when they’re unnecessary, or in the wrong dose or timeframe, fuels rising rates of antibiotic-resistant infections. Suggesting a need to step-up efforts to raise awareness about this risk, results of a 2018 survey found parents commonly saved leftover antibiotics and gave them to others within and outside the family. An abstract of the… Continue reading An Alarming Percentage of Families Share Leftover Antibiotics