Dropped by the chemist with DD (2.5) this morning, to ask advice about her eyes ? they've been a bit red and pussy the last two days. Just the afternoons really. Chemist didn't even look at her, stayed well behind his counter, asked her name and address, disappeared for 10 mins then came back with a sealed bag with a box of antibiotic eye drops and told me to put them in her eyes 4 times a day, carrying on for 2 days after she seemed to be better.
When I got home, I googled Chloramphenicol for children, and the overwhelming consensus was that antibiotics for minor eye infections in young children were not necessary, they would get better by themselves in nearly all cases, and there were all sorts of studies saying that control groups fared only a teensy bit better than placebo groups in trials. And this afternoon her eye's got a fair bit better just by itself!
I honestly just went in to check a) it wasn't serious b) that cooled boiled water with a bit of salt in it was all she needed. But I was so taken aback when he brought the bag out I just thanked him and left! And if I'd taken him at his word I'd have already started dosing her with ABs by now.
Think I should say something or just let it drop?