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“ And I think they should remain so, because from what I've seen the damage from misusing those drugs against pharmacists' advice is far less than the damage from going without them due to the difficulties encountered in seeing a doctor.”

When people start self prescribing antibiotics even for minor stuff, it’s not a problem because of the minor risks to them, but because of the major risk to the entire society. We are seeing more and more antibiotic resistance germs and if we don’t collectively work to reduce antibiotic usage we end up exasperating the issue.