I am crowdsourcing opinion here. I know I am IABU for asking.
11 days ago I took my 15 year old son to the GP (for the second time in a week) because he had a fever, severe sore throat, and had missed 6 days of school. He was very ill and it was unlike him.
On the second visit the nurse did a throat culture. After two full weeks of being very ill he started to feel better. He seems okay now, if still a bit run down (or he is a lazy 15 year old on half term, hard to tell)
I had a phone call at 3:30 on Friday that his culture from 11 days ago came back "heavy growth of streptococcus group A," and the surgery called the penicillin to the chemist already. Because of long queues in surgery on Friday afternoon I cannot speak to a nurse or doctor to find out if he should still take the antibiotics. The chemist would not advise.
I have filled the prescription. Do I give it to him to prevent further strep complications? Or do I not give it to him because he seems okay and we shouldn't overuse antibiotics?
On Monday we are changing surgeries to one that gives appointments.