*googles it and ahhs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co-amoxiclav)*
Yeah, Richard did say he couldn't understand why they were still using amoxicillin considering how old it is and that every single bacterium on the planet must be resistant to it by now. I mean, it was the stuff we were given as kids in that weird vanilla/banana-flavoured yellow suspension! And that was back when most GPs would give out antibiotics for colds because people expected to leave the surgery with a prescription. (Mine, fortunately, never would - so you knew if you got antibiotics that you must be REALLY ill.)
He also speculated on whether the kiddie doctor today gave it to me for its placebo effect. I said "I'm not the sort of person who WANTS to have antibiotics as a placebo", and he pointed out that a kiddie doctor wouldn't know that. Bah.
I suppose I should stop calling them kiddie doctors, because after 6 years of medical school they are trained, & stuff. It's just disconcerting to be seen by someone who's younger than I am - especially a shiny new GP registrar who I've never seen there before.
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Date: 2008-03-06 12:08 am (UTC)Yeah, Richard did say he couldn't understand why they were still using amoxicillin considering how old it is and that every single bacterium on the planet must be resistant to it by now. I mean, it was the stuff we were given as kids in that weird vanilla/banana-flavoured yellow suspension! And that was back when most GPs would give out antibiotics for colds because people expected to leave the surgery with a prescription. (Mine, fortunately, never would - so you knew if you got antibiotics that you must be REALLY ill.)
He also speculated on whether the kiddie doctor today gave it to me for its placebo effect. I said "I'm not the sort of person who WANTS to have antibiotics as a placebo", and he pointed out that a kiddie doctor wouldn't know that. Bah.
I suppose I should stop calling them kiddie doctors, because after 6 years of medical school they are trained, & stuff. It's just disconcerting to be seen by someone who's younger than I am - especially a shiny new GP registrar who I've never seen there before.