Fesshole 🧻If I get prescribed antibiotics from the doctor, unless it's life threatening I store them in the cupboard. It's short term inconvenience, but when the apocalypse happens, zombie or otherwise, I'll be sitting on a trading goldmine.
FrauZeitlos@fesshole This is also smart, because it helps keep antibiotics usable for everyone by not making the bacteria resistant through overuse of antibiotics. I normally refuse to get antibiotics prescribed if not absolutely necessary. But sometimes I take home the ab in case things go south on a weekend. If it doesn't go south I just don't take them and have them on hand if needed on another weekend.
Je ne comprends pas@FrauZeitlos @fesshole I understand the ideas of over-prescription and bacterial resistance to antibiotic, but I'm scratching my head at the whole 'sick enough to make the effort to visit a doctor but ideologically opposed to following their recommendations in order to return to full health' part.
@zebulonmysterioso @fesshole My general doctor likes to prescribe ab for every cold/infection - which are mostly viral. I have to visit her to get a note for work, not necessarily for medication
@FrauZeitlos Ah! that makes much more sense to me :)
Misuse Case@FrauZeitlos @fesshole I mean, it’s not smart if OP actually has a serious infection, but whatever.
Herschel H Temerity@fesshole they do expire tho
C++ Wage SlaveYes. Furthermore, you need different #antibiotics to treat different infections. A doctor (perhaps with the help of a lab test) will know which to give; some random zombie conspiracy theorist will assuredly not.
So all Fessor is doing is wasting the NHS's drug budget and stockpiling out-of-date drugs. A slow handclap is in order!
Justin Macleod@fesshole Don't they expire?
Toilet full of bugs@fesshole As long as you're not taking part of the course and then stopping. (That's how we get antibiotic-resistant bacteria.)
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