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[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago (4 children)

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.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 19 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@lemmy.ca 55 points 1 day ago (1 children)

America sounds more horrific every time I hear about it

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] lol_idk@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 hours ago

No, but sometimes it's home and it's not possible to relocate to a better place

[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago

Ussually fish antibotics is litterally the human grade stuff but "expired" or didnt meet the strict QC...

[–] Mango@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago