Unnecessarily long prescriptions may fuel drug resistance.

Cutting the length of time that patients take certain antibiotics could help to tackle the rise in drug resistance. So say the authors of a study showing that just three days’ worth of drugs can fight pneumonia just as well as a longer treatment.

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Unnecessarily long prescriptions may fuel drug resistance.

Cutting the length of time that patients take certain antibiotics could help to tackle the rise in drug resistance. So say the authors of a study showing that just three days’ worth of drugs can fight pneumonia just as well as a longer treatment.

Read more here.