Resistance to antibiotics

We have over-prescribed antibiotics, even those not treatable by antibiotics. Sinusitis, a common and chronic ailment is typically a viral infection and yet antibiotics has typically been prescribed between 70 - 80% to fight it, although it is applicable for bacterial infections.

For an abstract detailing the results of a four-year study, click here:
"Treatment of Acute and Chronic Rhinosinusitis in the United States, 1999-2002"

Click here for a Sinusitis Fact Sheet from the US National Institute of Health.

Click here to read the article: "Too Many Antibiotics Prescribed For Sinus Infections"