( here is little benefit in replacing old...)Cost-effective antibiotics for sinusitis treatment ,Health

here is little benefit in replacing older and cheaper antibiotics by the latest and most expensive drugs when treating acute, uncomplicated sinusitis, according to US researchers. Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine set out to determine whether the symptoms could be treated with older and less expensive (first-line) antibiotics or newer and more expensive (second-line) antibiotics. //

Dr Jay Piccirillo and his team examined data from 29,102 adults with a diagnosis of acute sinusitis receiving initial antibiotic treatment. The antibiotic treatment received was divided into first-line therapy and second-line therapy. First-line antibiotics include amoxycillin, trimethoprim/sulphamethoxazole or erythromycin.

Results showed that the majority of patients received one of the first-line antibiotics, with amoxycillin being the most frequently prescribed. Of the 17,329 patients who received first-line treatment the success rate was 90.1 per cent and for the 11,773 patients receiving second-line treatment the success rate was 90.8 per cent.

Although the success rate in both types of treatment was similar, there was a difference in cost of $66.19 – indicating that the cost of care was significantly higher for patients treated with a second-line antibiotic.


'"/>




Page: 1
Related medicine news :

1. Cost-effective Meningitis Vaccine To Be Launched In Africa
2. Lowering Contrast Material Injection in Aged Patients is Cost-effective and can Offset Risks
3. Prevention (Of AIDS) By Circumcision More Cost-effective Than Cure
4. One-time Melanoma Screening Appears to Be Cost-effective for Elderly People
5. Need for Cost-effective Hearing Implants
6. Gene clue to antibiotics
7. Excessive use of antibiotics for sore throat
8. Treatment of antibiotics ineffectual in bronchitis
9. Use of antibiotics in farms may increase ‘super bugs
10. Frequent use of antibiotics raises the risk of carrying resistant infections
11. Intestinal Disorders Caused By Overuse of antibiotics