Patients with a cough are told to reach for HONEY instead of calling their GP for antibiotics

Patients with a cough are told to reach for HONEY instead of calling their GP for antibiotics People suffering from a cough should drink honey and lemon rather than take antibiotics, official new health advice has declared.

It insists that drugs should not be the first line of treatment for coughs.

The advice, published today by NHS watchdog Nice and Public Health England, has been drawn up as part of the battle against superbugs. The Daily Mail

See also:

• Acute cough (including acute bronchitis): antimicrobial prescribing (consultation) NICE
• Use honey first for a cough, new guidelines say BBC News
• Buy a jar of honey, don’t trouble your doctor with a cough, patients told The Daily Telegraph
• Promote honey rather than antibiotics for coughs, doctors told The Guardian