To Treat or Not To Treat

06/06/24 • 17 min

For anyone who's ever questioned the need - or the risk - of taking an antibiotic for a non-life threatening infection like Strep, this episode tells you everything you need to know, and provides you with important questions to ask your doctor before committing to a course of antibiotics.

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Transcript

On today's show, a lovely patient of mine, Lisa, called me in crisis last week about her six year old daughter Freya. Freya had a low grade fever and sore throat for a couple days and a swab at the pediatrician's office was positive for Strep. They were recommending antibiotics, but Lisa was concerned because Freya had been on multiple courses of antibiotics in the last few years for strep, ear infections, sore throats and colds. She'd been prescribed antibiotics about 3 times every year since