Report: 70,000 Kids End up in the ER for Antibiotic Side Effects Each Year

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By Julie Fidler

Each year in the United States, antibiotic side effects send about 70,000 children to emergency rooms, according to a report published in August.

For the study, supported by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), researchers used nationwide estimates for outpatient antibiotic prescriptions and data from a nationally-representative sample of ER visits to gain a better understanding of antibiotic use in people under 19.

Antibiotic side effects and reactions to the drugs resulted in 70,000 ER visits from 2011-2015, the authors found. About 86% of those visits were for allergic reactions, including everything from a mild rash to potentially <a target=_blank …read more

Source: naturalsociety.com

    

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