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Mutated E-Coli Turned Deadly Superbug

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Rayyvyn says:: A lot of this problem is the medical and insurance fields fault. the insurance companies dont want to pay for diagnostic tests to identify and appropriately infections, if that is what the patient has and is needed. and since because of HMO"s ect keep appointments down to a few minutes, doctorsa arent even reading charts anymore, so not taking note of hpow often a person is getting infections, when the received antibiotics and noting things that should be red flagged. Another problem is that because of the anthrax scare, hospitals, doctors stockpiled Ciproxen, a wide spectrum antibiotic, and the need to get rid of it, so instead of a lesser drug, they are prescribing this for everyone these days, over and over , making it that much more likely that the patient will be antibiotic resistant.It used to be a person got resistant to one, and had to find another, but overdoing on Cipro is making people resistant to them all. Patients also have some culpability, if a doctor says you have to ride it out and antibiotics arent going to help, since its not an infection...stop arguing until the give you a script folks...you could be killing yourselves !!!!; reply