Now you can use real numbers to explain how risks outweigh benefits when taking antibiotics for most acute respiratory infections
October 2008
Now you can use real numbers to explain how risks outweigh benefits when taking antibiotics for most acute respiratory infections.
There's only a 1 in 4000 chance that an antibiotic will help most acute upper respiratory infections.
But there's a 1 in 4 chance of diarrhea...a 1 in 50 chance of a skin reaction...and a 1 in 1000 chance it'll cause an ER visit.
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