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Abusing antibiotics

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Moon30 · 28/02/2024 17:10

Hey, I'm probably not posting in the right place and I probably am being unreasonable but my anxiety is playing havoc and I just need to talk about it to prevent myself from replaying it repeatedly in my head all night 🙈

I'll try keep it short, DS 16 has recently had a chest infection, he felt better but over the last 2 days developed a cough again and he felt pretty rough this morning so I took him to get checked over due to previous history of numerous bouts of pneumonia when he was younger and I know DS became forgetful towards the end of this antibiotics course so it took him a couple of days longer than usual to finish the course, this is despite me reminding him 🙄 anyway when I mentioned that to the doctor today she said she wont give him more antibiotics due to him abusing them and then went on a rant about it. Thankfully his chest was clear but now I'm overthinking the whole exchange and that she'll write on his notes that he abused his medication and it will effect him getting treatment in the future. DH said i shouldn't have mentioned it but I'm not one for telling lies and now my anxiety is through the roof now 😔 I'm being ridiculous aren't I?

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Mrsttcno1 · 28/02/2024 17:41

She almost definitely will make a note on his file that he abused the medication & failed to take them properly because it is relevant

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I thought that maybe it was an important bit of info if his infection hadn't cleared up properly.

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Moon30 · 28/02/2024 17:29

He started them on the morning of the 18th and should have finished them on the 22nd but he didn't finish them until the 24th.

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mynameiscalypso · 28/02/2024 17:25

People not taking antibiotics properly is one of the reasons for the growth of antibiotic resistance so she was right to make the point. I don't think it will impact future treatment though. It's not like she's saying he's an addict so shouldn't be give pain meds or something along those lines.

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scorpiogirly · 28/02/2024 17:22

I wouldn't have mentioned it. I do think it's a bit extreme though of the doctor unless he has form for this and the doctor knows about it.

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