Tag: antibiotics

Otitis media – when to use antibiotics in GP

GPs can now consider prescribing an eardrop containing an anaesthetic and an analgesic to some children and young people presenting with otitis media.

e-Learning | Coughs (of the acute kind) and antimicrobial prescribing

This is a new guideline  from NICE on when to prescribe antibiotics for coughs. It only covers those with acute coughs and doesn't include COPD patients (they are covered in a separate guideline).

Sinusitis treatment down to five days