Medical Emergency Kit

[JulieBeeRN]

You are purchasing antibiotics from Mexico. You (not a physician) are going to determine when to take them and how long to take them.

To me, that is "willy nilly".

 

[JulieBeeRN]

I think you missed my point.

I am saying that doctors are contributing to resistance by prescribing antibiotics for a longer period than needed.

I am not at all talking about people stopping their treatment early, though by doing so they might actually be helping.

You responded to the OP and I am responded to your statement.

Self-prescribing antibiotics is REALLY going to contribute to resistance; whether you get from Dr. Drew or from Mexico. It doesn't make you less reckless because you haven't ingested it yet. You rip on doctors because they prescribe antibiotics for too long, but it's ok for your doctor to just throw a z-pack like a dart and hope it sticks?

Oh and personally, I wouldn't feel comfortable jet setting around Europe with some pills that bought in Mexico that may or may not be laced with fentanyl.

 

[jalapeno_pretzel]

You have close contact with a known case of strep, now you have strep symptoms, and you're afraid to go go into a medical facility to get a quick swab to verify if you have strep. Yet you'd be fine just to pop some un-prescribed antibiotics bought from some kind of online 'kit' to hopefully cure whatever the illness might be?

I hope you've done it by now, but if not, go get your strep test. Untreated strep can have serious complications. If you're afraid of getting additional germs (or if you care about not spreading your germs to others including the medical staff), wear an N95 mask while there.