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Should you finish a course of antibiotics?
Tim Peto says finishing a course of antibiotics may not necessarily be the best advice
The deeply embedded message that patients should "complete the course" of antibiotics to avoid antibiotic resistance is not backed by evidence and should be dropped, argue experts in an opinion piece in the British Medical Journal today.
Author of the paper Tim Peto and chair of the Royal College of GPs Helen Stokes-Lampard discuss why this potential new approach came about and the importance of following medical instructions.
(Image: Drugs in a pharmacy. Credit: PA)
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