Anitbiotics curbed

The practice of routinely presribed antibiotics to kids suffering from an ear infection is coming to a formal end.
The Canadian Paediatric Society today instructed doctors to watch and wait for 48 hours before using antibiotics to treat most ear infections in healthy children over six months of age.
About 95 per cent of the time, an acetaminophen like Tylenol alone works just as well to treat the kind of ear infecti9on that preschoolers with a cold are prone to, said specialist Dr. Joan Robinson in a statement.
She said the main reason for the treatment change is concern about increasing resistance to antibiotics by over-presribing them.
I remember family using herbs for ear aches when I was young. Never thought about getting antibiotics for ear aches.