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Rx for URIs: Validate vs Medicate
Many patients with a viral upper respiratory tract infection still expect an antibiotic prescription when they come to the office.
Many patients with a viral upper respiratory tract infection still expect an antibiotic prescription when they come to the office. When I see patients with cold symptoms, I always acknowledge how miserable they must feel. For example, I say, "That cough sounds awful" or "Your throat looks really red; that must hurt a lot." Then I explain that an antibiotic would not help them feel better; instead, I recommend treatments that can relieve symptoms while their immune system fights off the infection.
Patients seem much more content to leave without an antibiotic prescription when they believe that I take their symptoms seriously and have done my best to give them something to help them feel better.
FluMist Intranasal Flu Vaccine Now Available for At-Home Delivery and Self-Administration
August 18th 2025AstraZeneca launches FluMist Home, the first FDA-approved at-home flu vaccine service, allowing self- or caregiver administration of the intranasal influenza vaccine for the 2025–26 season.
