Many people who get antibiotics for sore throats don't need them

November 2012

Many people who get antibiotics for sore throats don't need them.

That's because most sore throats are viral...and antibiotics don't help.

Taking antibiotics for viral infections can be risky.

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Table of Contents

Practice patients encouraged to keep up-to-date medication lists
Topicals patients getting burns from topical OTC pain relievers (Bengay, Rub A535, Icy Hot, etc)
Dosing whether it's okay to take certain once-daily diabetes meds (Glumetza, Lantus, etc) twice daily
Aspirin myths about aspirin
Pregnancy & Nursing alleviate concerns about heart problems with domperidone for patients using it for milk production
Thyroid Disorders the proper way to take levothyroxine
Diabetes a bigger push for patients with type 2 diabetes to get Rxs for certain blood pressure meds, aspirin, and a statin
Practice handling single-dose vials of injectable drugs properly
NSAIDs limiting NSAIDs INDEFINITELY in heart attack patients
Asthma using inhaled corticosteroids (Flovent, Qvar, Asmanex, etc) AS NEEDED for some asthma patients
Contraceptives the best methods of emergency contraception (EC)
Sore Throat Many people who get antibiotics for sore throats don't need them
Elderly Patients About 25% of your patients over age 65 have type 2 diabetes