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| Compulsory Completion of Antibiotic Courses | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Aug 12 2009, 02:48 PM (341 Views) | |
| jhgilliatt | Aug 12 2009, 02:48 PM Post #1 |
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In this bill, if a courseof antibiotics is used as a means of healthcare to treat a contagious disease(As specified as contagious by the Boo Health Service and/or the World Health Organisation), it shall be compulsory for the individual taking the antibiotics to complete the whole course. This is because, if the course is not completed because the patient feels better, it is often the case that some of the disease-causing bacteria, viruses(Viruses?) etc. will have survived, and will therefore be resistant to the antibiotics. This means that these disease causing organisms can pass on to another victim, who will not be able to be treated by the same antibiotics, and a new strain will be formed. If the course of antibiotics is completed, there is much less risk of the disease becoming resistant to antibiotics. Exceptions may be taken if there are side effects which are serious, or worse than having the disease instead. EDIT: (Thanks, CC0) : It will be enforced by implementing a requirement for patients to sign a legal deal that they will finish their course of anitbiotics before being prescribed them. There will also be a "get out" clause, in case of serious side effects. On signing the agreement, the patient will be briefly informed of the importance of following this agreement. |
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| DMHowe | Aug 12 2009, 02:53 PM Post #2 |
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How do I ensure monitoring? |
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| jhgilliatt | Aug 12 2009, 03:00 PM Post #3 |
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Medical check ups. If a person is very ill, they are likely to check in with the doctor regularly, and if not, it could be requested by the doctor... |
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| DMHowe | Aug 12 2009, 03:10 PM Post #4 |
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Alright, I'll word this properly. How do you ensure they take a full course? Whats to say they won't just throw the drugs away or put them at the back of a medicine cabinet? And whats the punishment for not? Prison? A fine? If you ask people to bring empty casing, someone will forget and it'll be a miscarrage of justice. If you send round the ol' doc to check, a lot of old women are going to feel very invaded. |
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| jhgilliatt | Aug 12 2009, 03:13 PM Post #5 |
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Hmmm... Not sure, actually... The patient could take the antibiotics whilst at the doctors surgery? Anyone got better ideas... ? |
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| Commoncold0 | Aug 12 2009, 03:21 PM Post #6 |
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You should take the opposite approach - make it a requirement for patients to sign a legal undertaking that they'll finish their course of anitbiotics before being perscribed them. Of course, have a get our clause to cover courses that need to be abandoned due to ineffectiveness, allergic reactions etc. |
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| jhgilliatt | Aug 12 2009, 03:26 PM Post #7 |
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Updated Ta
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| Lord Wallace Buttersworth | Aug 12 2009, 11:10 PM Post #8 |
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This is needlessly infringing on the rights of citizens. What someone decides to do with their own body is their own choice, we shouldn't intervene. I will, and urge others not to vote on this bill. |
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| jhgilliatt | Aug 12 2009, 11:21 PM Post #9 |
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But it can cause others to contract that disease. If the full course is taken, this is not a problem. If the full course is not take, it is likely to affect the health of others. So therefore, it benefits society as a whole. It is of a similar nature to my thing about -isms. If a freedom allows someone to remove the freedom of others, it should be restricted IMO. Therefore, if a personallows themselves to become dangerous to others willingly, that should not be allowed IMO... |
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| Lord Wallace Buttersworth | Aug 12 2009, 11:25 PM Post #10 |
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So we're talking contagious only then? If so, fine. |
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| jhgilliatt | Aug 12 2009, 11:36 PM Post #11 |
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that's it
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| DynamoJax | Aug 13 2009, 12:01 AM Post #12 |
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I'll support this bill for antibiotics on contagious diseases only. If that has been agreed to, then it's all good. |
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| DMHowe | Aug 13 2009, 12:04 AM Post #13 |
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"It will be enforced by implementing a requirement for patients to sign a legal deal that they will finish their course of anitbiotics before being prescribed them" This is probably the only feasable way, but I still maintain this'll be hard to actually control. Plus you haven't set any parameters for what the actual concequence of not finishing the course is. Also same as dynamo, contagious only. |
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| Lord Wallace Buttersworth | Aug 13 2009, 01:27 AM Post #14 |
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It'll have to be worded specifically so it is for listed and recognised by the NHS (BHS?) and/or a 'World Health Organisation' as a contagious disease. |
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| jhgilliatt | Aug 13 2009, 04:14 PM Post #15 |
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DMHowe: Even if not all patients follow the deal between the patient and doctor, many will now know the importance of completing the course. I'll edit the bill so that it says that patients will be informed of the importance of this. SWB: Done
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