• @TexasDrunk
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    3121 hours ago

    I can’t speak to animal food, but I know plenty of folks that are too poor for insurance so when they get an infection they take fish amoxicillin. It’s dirt cheap and you don’t need a prescription.

    I don’t recommend it because it contributes to the issue with antibiotic resistant bacteria and I believe most people won’t take it right, but I’ve been that poor with an abscessed tooth. So I took it for a week to kill the infection and saved up to have that tooth yanked. Sometimes you’ve gotta do what you’ve gotta do to survive.

    • @[email protected]
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      712 hours ago

      The antibiotic resistance thing isn’t the only issue. We have FDA regulations for a reason. You will probably be OK, but those drugs are not meant for human consumption for a reason. I wouldn’t take them unless you literally have no other choice.

      This country is so dystopic.

    • Zoidsberg
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      5421 hours ago

      America sounds more horrific every time I hear about it

      • @TexasDrunk
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        1821 hours ago

        There are some pretty awesome things as well, but none of them are related to healthcare or my abscessed tooth.

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          Very few, if any, of those “awesome” things are in any way unique to the US though.

          I think that’s the thing that Americans need to realize.

    • @[email protected]
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      819 hours ago

      Ussually fish antibotics is litterally the human grade stuff but “expired” or didnt meet the strict QC…

    • @Mango
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      421 hours ago

      TIL. Thanks!