Children given antibiotics which should only be used sparingly Children are too often being prescribed antibiotics that have been put on a list of treatments that should only be used sparingly because of fears of the development of superbugs.
An analysis of sales in the community of oral antibiotics specially formulated for children in 70 high and middle-income countries has found that consumption of the drugs varies widely from country to country.
In a quarter of all countries antibiotics which should only be used under certain strict circumstances accounted for 20 per cent of total antibiotic consumption. Telegraph
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