Our Antibiotic “Addiction” Is Not Helping Our Children Fight Their Colds, Australia

The National Prescribing Service Limited (NPS) has a clear message for parents seeking to ease their child’s cold by asking their doctor for antibiotics: don’t bother, as antibiotics simply don’t work for a common cold. While it is a natural reaction for a worried parent to seek medicine for a sick child, Australians are among the highest users of antibiotics in the world - and peak prescribing is during “cold season” - August.

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Filed under: Flu / SARS on August 11th, 2008