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Lies to Obtain Antibiotics
Two U.S. studies published in *JAMA Network Open* found that 27.9% of 959 adults and 26.7% of 236 parents and adult caregivers exaggerated or made up symptoms to obtain antibiotics for themselves or their children. Among caregivers who admitted to changing their description of symptoms, 55 of 63 said they had succeeded in obtaining antibiotics at least once. Some said they did so because they believed the antibiotics were necessary or felt that doctors did not take their concerns seriously. A scientific commentary warned that unnecessary use could harm patients and increase bacterial resistance, while the researchers cautioned that the nonprobability samples did not allow the findings to be generalized to everyone.
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