[ddlatham]

However, this doesn't mean that the current courses that are being prescribed are in the sweet spot, and the article cites evidence showing that courses of certain shorter durations are just as effective as the currently prescribed longer courses at curing the infection, with the added gains of being less likely to produce resistence, more likely to be completed, fewer side effects, and cheaper.

It's unfortunate that the Slate article reprinting the The Conversation article discussing the British Medical Journal article used a title of "Stop taking antibiotics once you feel better" which is not what the underlying article is claiming.

[13of40]

I just had a round of antibiotics for an infected spider bite (no super powers) and the prescription amount and duration was extremely arbitrary - 2000mg/day of something for 10 days. I'm guessing not only are they not hitting the sweet spot, but they're prescribing multiple times more than someone would need, just to be safe, considering they don't know the strain of bacteria or anything relevant about me besides my weight.

[aaron_m04]

> "Stop taking antibiotics once you feel better"

I wonder if that counts as medical advice under the law...