[WikiEN-l] Rx Dosage Instructions in Wikipedia

[Ray Saintonge]

Brian Salter-Duke wrote:

>On Sun, Feb 18, 2007 at 10:04:42PM +0000, geni wrote:
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>> My general experience based on how people react to information about
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>>"alt med" on the net suggest that there are a fair number of people
>>who will not trust their doctors or even consult them.
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>We have to also think about the fact that "prescription drugs" and "call
>your doctor" are First World things. In West Africa for example, what we
>call prescription drugs are often frequently available in the market.
>Their misuse is one of the factors that leads to drug resistent bacteria.
>Maybe reliable information about doses may be usefull here. I'm not
>sure.
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There's that, but some doctors are in the habit of providing antibiotics 
on request to any patient.  There is also very heavy veterinary use of 
antibiotics to keep farm animals from getting sick.  That too is bound 
help build up drug resistance.

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