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Tag Archives: prescribing
Drug seeker basted me like a turkey
Some people excel at obtaining prescription drugs to sell. Even the crustiest doctors sometimes get done over like a dinner. Here’s my turkey story. Continue reading
Posted in medical writing
Tagged Drug seeking, General practice, humour, opioids, prescribing, Turkey
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We doctors must lift our game on antibiotics
Today’s major report on Australia’s antibiotic prescribing makes fairly grim reading. The Antimicrobial Use and Resistance in Australia (AURA) report reveals the following: Almost half (46%) the population was prescribed an antibiotic in 2014. More than half of patients with colds, flu and … Continue reading
Posted in medical education
Tagged antibiotics, General practice, overtreatment, prescribing
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