Antibiotics do not work against the viral common cold: authoritative bodies (…

Antibiotics do not work against the viral common cold: authoritative bodies (CDC, AAFP, Cochrane CD000247) find no benefit in adults or children, and inappropriate use is a major driver of outpatient over-prescribing with real harms (severe allergic reactions, antimicrobial-resis

Advisory — derived radar signal (confidence + source fields), not an authoritative classification.

Type

evidence-claim

Domain

common-cold-urti

Grade

A

License

proprietary-research-use

instance

m331

domain_slug

common-cold-urti

pubmed_ids

evidence_grade

A

tags

antibiotic-stewardship,misinformation

source_ids

AAFP-2019-cold,CDC-common-cold,Cochrane-CD000247

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