Going slightly OT. Mark it is not parents that are to blame for giving kids to many antibiotics, the parents are simply being cautious and getting there kid checked out. The problem is with Doctors for prescribing them for everything even when there not needed for everything from a simple cough due to allergies to viral infections that antibiotics will do nothing for.

I do interfacility transfers of kids from smaller outling hospitals to pediatric specific hospitals. I cant tell you how many times i have shown up and the doctor has ordered antibiotics (Rocephin, Invanez, Zocyn, Cipro, ampicillian - the first 3 are relatively new on the market, but being severely over used IMHO), and or already run them into the kid when they don't need them. What makes it even worse is that when i get them to the pediatric hospital the receiving Doctor and nurse ask me why the kid was given antibiotics in the first place and more times then not, the kid was given a dose higher then the recommended adult dose. I have had this hospital question the referring facilities as to why they where giving antibiotics and the only response has been "thats our protocol" for which the receiving docs have ripped the transferring docs for being so stupid and told them to not give the antibiotics as there not needed and over using the drugs and causing more problems down the road.