(£7 days) from long (>7 days) treatment courses, antibiotics were given for an uneven number of days in 89 (92.7%) and 7 (7.3%) of the 110 short and 40 long cases, respectively. read more
With this in mind, some scientists have argued that 7 – 10 days is too long; in fact, one study published in the June 10, 2006, issue of BMJ, a British medical journal, suggested that some kinds of pneumonia might succumb to a mere three-day course of drugs. read more
In the United States, amoxicillin is not even the antibiotic of choice in treating pneumonia, Dr. Fine said, partly because, unlike in the Netherlands, overuse of penicillins and other broad spectrum antibiotics for acute bronchitis, earaches, clogged sinuses, sore throats and colds has caused widespread resistance in the organisms that cause pneumonia. read more
Doctors prescribe antiobiotics for 10 days because that is the sweet spot for most drugs long enough to definitely work, but short enough to spare friendly bacteria. read more