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In yet another example of less can be more, Canadian researchers now report that half as long a course of antibiotic effectively eradicates cases of pediatric pneumonia.  A five day course of high dose amoxicillin cures pneumonia for 86% of kids while 10 days of the same cures an equivalent 84%.

 

This isn’t news.  A 2018 Seattle meta-analysis data-mined the literature and found that shorter compared with longer, standard antibiotic courses produced equivalent resolution of strep tonsillitis, acute ear infections, sinusitis, pneumonia, and urinary tract infections.

 

If your doctor is recommending antibiotics for an infection, ask about a shorter course of the drug would be appropriate.

 

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/article-abstract/2776976

 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28486675/

 

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