Patient Harm: The Heresy of Antibiotics

You get a fever, congestion, cough. You have big plans this weekend. What to do??? Why not go to the urgent care and get an antibiotic to squash these symptoms from the get-go?Dr. Dee and Jessica discuss the downstream effects of this culture of antibiotic overuse, and they discuss why some doctors use antibiotics indiscriminately. Learn how you can create a therapeutic alliance with your physician so that you aren't the recipient of the quick discharge with a script in hand for the antibiotic du jour.