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Subject: Re: Doctors don't give injections Author: Walt [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: Monday, September 29, 2014, 01:58: pm In reply to: Rich 's message, "Re: Doctors don't give injections" on Sunday, September 28, 2014, 02:28: pm In response to Lilly: Perhaps it's changed in 13 years, but I was to be sent to hopital to be admitted to receive an intravenous drip of an antibiotic to treat an infected cat bite. This was the day before Christmas so I pleaded with the doc for an alternative that would NOT require hospitalization. It turned out to be a whopper dose of Rocephin injected into my buttock to jumpstart the treatment which included a two-week regimen of oral antibiotics. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> [> Subject: Re: Doctors don't give injections Author: rutabaga [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Tuesday, September 30, 2014, 07:13: am Doctors are business people. Injectable antibiotics are inventory they must buy and maintain. They expire if not used promptly. Long acting penicillin, a mainstay of earlier days is extremely expensive in the US because of patents so old they are permanent that allow a monopoly on its production for human use. Outside the US, it is available at reasonable cost and is used more widely because one shot given at the time of care is easier than taking 30 doses of oral meds for Strep. Also, other than long acting penicillin, injections have effective doses for a maximum of 24 hours and repeated use of oral medicines allows therapeutic doses for several days which is more effective in stopping infection. There is also the issue of patients objecting or refusing injections (another uniquely American idea) and parents being upset that their child cries from an injection, although after having several oral doses spit in their face, some parents change that attitude. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Doctors don't give injections Author: Lilly [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Tuesday, September 30, 2014, 06:59: pm I understand all of this but the injections always seemed to be much faster acting. A couple daus after the shot you wrer feeling alot better. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]