Clearer message sent on colds and coughs and saving antibiotics for real need

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Clearer message sent on colds and coughs and saving antibiotics for real need

New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa

Friday 20 July 2018, 01:48 PM

Not for coughs and colds: Pharmac wants to lift public awareness of the role of antibiotics and the threat of resistance. Photo Pharmac Facebook campaign

Visits to the doctor are rising as New Zealanders suffer the winter ills and chills, but Pharmac and many GPs want to head off a surge in antibiotics , Seasonal Spike, Winter peaks in antibiotic consumption 2006/14 (defined daily dose per 1000 population per day). Source: ESR

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Clearer message sent on colds and coughs and saving antibiotics for real need