Study finds no change in inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for sore throat

Visits to primary care physicians by adults with sore throats decreased between 1997 and 2010 but there was no change in the overall national antibiotic prescribing rate, according to a research letter by Michael L. Barnett, M.D., and Jeffrey A. Linder, M.D., M.P.H., of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston. The prevalence of group A Streptococcus (GAS) - a common cause of sore throat requiring antibiotics - is about 10 percent among adults seeking care from their physicians... via Health News from Medical News Today Read More Here..