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Inappropriate Title

The January/February 1999 issue of the ARCHIVES contains an editorial by Drs Abramson and Givner entitled "Bacterial Resistance Due to Antimicrobial Drug Addiction Among Physicians."

I was curious to read this article. Are there physicians who are addicted to antimicrobial drugs? Will the Betty Ford Foundation be opening a wing for such addicted physicians?

If the authors wished to discuss the inappropriate prescription of antimicrobials by physicians, that should have been stated in the title of the editorial.

I found the title both inappropriate and insulting. Physicians likely are susceptible to the same addictive substances as the general public: alcohol, analgesics, sedatives, and street drugs. However, it is inappropriate and inaccurate to suggest that physicians are addicted to antimicrobial agents because they may prescribe such medications inappropriately.

William E. Straw, MD
Los Altos, Calif

Arch Fam Med. 1999;8:476.






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