Polite Notice
Please note that antibiotic medication is used to treat bacterial infections.
Viral illnesses are not bacterial and antibiotics will not be prescribed to patients who are suffering from a viral illness.
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Viruses and bacteria have a different structure and a different way of surviving.
Viruses are surrounded by a protective protein coating; they don’t have cell walls that can be attacked by antibiotics like bacteria does. It is because of this that antibiotics don’t work on viruses.
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On occasion, patients become upset when they are not given a prescription for antibiotics.
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Please be reassured that antibiotics will always be prescribed when a patient’s illness warrants their use.
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However, there are strict prescribing guidelines around antibiotic use.
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Thank you for your understanding.
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