Can you get antibiotics from a farmacia?
My son has an earache
My son has an earache
Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2022 12:21pm
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Yes you can, they are rreadily available.
Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2022 12:47pm
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Legally a farmacia may not dispense antibiotics without a prescription. As indiscriminant use of antibiotics is making them less effective for everyone this seems very sensible. Why not go to your doctor and get a medical opinion and possibly a prescription?
Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2022 2:24pm
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Mandy1961 wrote on Sun Aug 28, 2022 12:07pm:
My son has an earache
Of course you can get antibiotics from a farmacia but if your son has earache, how do you know that he has an infection and needs antibiotics? It could be a number of things including just a build-up of wax. Farmacias are not supposed to hand out antibiotics without a prescription, for the reason that Peter C has mentioned above. I would suggest that you go to the farmacia and ask what he/she recommends.
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2022 11:36am
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There was a welcome change in the law some four or so years ago, so that now oral antibiotics require a prescription.
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