Family doctors are needlessly doling out antibiotics to ‘placate’ patients, according to a report by the [b]UK’s Commons Science and Technology Committee[/b]. The committee warned in particular of GPs using antibiotics as a placebo to make patients think they are getting effective treatments, even when the drugs have no medical impact.
[link url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2682697/GPs-doling-antibiotics-patients-Family-doctors-handing-drugs-achieve-placebo-effect-fuelling-growth-resistance.html]Full Daily Mail report[/link]