AM 1240 KLYQ » unnecessary drugs http://klyq.com Hamilton's News Talk Leader Tue, 21 May 2013 21:52:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Millions of Unneeded Antibiotics Are Prescribed to Kids Every Year http://klyq.com/millions-antibiotics-prescribed-kids/ http://klyq.com/millions-antibiotics-prescribed-kids/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:26:33 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=59200 A new study from researchers at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City found that pediatricians write more than 10 million prescriptions for unnecessary antibiotics every year.

In the two-year study, 65,000 kids were profiled to determine the type of diagnosis they were given during doctor’s visits as well as the type of of drugs, if any, they were prescribed. The research revealed doctors prescribed antibiotics during one of every five visits.

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