Survey finds 'alarming' percentage of families share leftover antibiotics
Sunday, November 4, 2018 - 17:50
in Health & Medicine
Taking antibiotics when they're unnecessary, or in the wrong dose or timeframe, fuels rising rates of antibiotic-resistant infections. Suggesting a need to step-up efforts to raise awareness about this risk, results of a new survey found parents commonly saved leftover antibiotics and gave them to others within and outside the family.