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Penicillin
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I have been feeling really rough for the last couple of weeks with a cold that developed into sinusitis and a chest infection. On Friday, I went to the GP who prescribed penicllin. Within two hour of taking the first tablet, I began to feel better and now, I feel very much better.
Is ther some psychology involved in me feeling the benefits of the first tablet or is penicillin really that good?
Is ther some psychology involved in me feeling the benefits of the first tablet or is penicillin really that good?
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Sounds like the Penicillin has worked a treat. I am allergic to the stuff, unfortunatel
10:51 Mon 25th Nov 2013
yeah Penicillin really is that good.
Normal healthy people died in droves from infections in Victorian times.
My mother was in hospital practice when the first antibiotic came in - prontosil rubrum which changed the face of obstetric infection and...
my father was in a German POW camp when one of the Germans said - in German, you'd better read this it is causing quite a stir. It was the Lancet report of Penicillin 1942.
Normal healthy people died in droves from infections in Victorian times.
My mother was in hospital practice when the first antibiotic came in - prontosil rubrum which changed the face of obstetric infection and...
my father was in a German POW camp when one of the Germans said - in German, you'd better read this it is causing quite a stir. It was the Lancet report of Penicillin 1942.
Sounds like the Penicillin has worked a treat. I am allergic to the stuff, unfortunately, quite severely.
I am sure that it is the penicillin that has worked its magic for you Tilly, especially if you were suffering from a bacterial URTI as Sqad describes, but its also possible that the placebo effect from the "rituals of care" of going to your GP and having a discussion with a (hopefully) friendly, professional and sympathetic medical person and the knowledge of something being done contributes to your recovery.
And there is also the possibility of the contribution of "regression to the mean". That is the understanding that most colds and infections tend to be self-limiting - that is, there is a natural span of time for the infection to run its course and for you to return to feeling good/normal again, and it might just be that your cold had more or less run its course anyway.
I am sure that it is the penicillin that has worked its magic for you Tilly, especially if you were suffering from a bacterial URTI as Sqad describes, but its also possible that the placebo effect from the "rituals of care" of going to your GP and having a discussion with a (hopefully) friendly, professional and sympathetic medical person and the knowledge of something being done contributes to your recovery.
And there is also the possibility of the contribution of "regression to the mean". That is the understanding that most colds and infections tend to be self-limiting - that is, there is a natural span of time for the infection to run its course and for you to return to feeling good/normal again, and it might just be that your cold had more or less run its course anyway.
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