The Political Battle Royal

[slawmd27]

I understand your point, but we are all to blame to some degree for the antibiotic mess we are in right now. Many physicians have been taking the easy way by prescribing antibiotics instead of taking the time to explain to the patients why the drug is not needed for a simple viral sore throat. patients bear some blame by demanding something they do not need and also by not completing the course of treatment. But the government and pharmaceutical corruption bears the most blame in my opinion. Again the AMA is a joke. Most of its members are students and resident physicians who join just so they can put it on their resume' . The other portion are practicing physicians who join to get group discount rates on insurance products. I know physicians who plan on changing their insurance so they can quit the AMA. They are quitting because they are finally fed up with the lies and propaganda put forth by the AMA.