>I save my old antibiotics and such because it takes so long to get into urgent care, and it's expensive, and I can't go to my regular doctor for a sinus infection because it takes two weeks to get in.
I cringed so much reading this.
* When you're prescribed an antibiotic, you're expected to finish the course of medication. Not doing so leads to resistant strains.
* Medication has an expiration date for a reason. You generally shouldn't expect to be able to save it from one illness to the next, nor to know that the one from before is applicable to the current condition.
* The large majority of disease is caused by viruses, and antibiotics won't help. Your "sinus infection" might not be a local infection at all but just some respiratory illness resulting in sinus congestion. Never mind whether it's viral or bacterial.
I cringed so much reading this.
* When you're prescribed an antibiotic, you're expected to finish the course of medication. Not doing so leads to resistant strains.
* Medication has an expiration date for a reason. You generally shouldn't expect to be able to save it from one illness to the next, nor to know that the one from before is applicable to the current condition.
* The large majority of disease is caused by viruses, and antibiotics won't help. Your "sinus infection" might not be a local infection at all but just some respiratory illness resulting in sinus congestion. Never mind whether it's viral or bacterial.