GPs and pharmacists struggle to find the time to involve patients in medication reviews, despite National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance advising them to do so, according to a study by researchers at the University of Bristol’s Centre for Academic Primary Care. Credit: CC0 Public Domain Medication reviews are important for patients...
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GPs should not prescribe antibiotics for sinus infections, health watchdog warns and patients should instead ‘take it easy’ and dose up on paracetamol
New Nice guidance stresses that most sinus infections will resolve on their own Patients should instead ‘take it easy’ and dose up on paracetamol, advice states It was based on statistics which show doctors are wrongly prescribing the drugs It’s estimated the rise of super-bugs will kill 10 million people each year by 2050 GPs...