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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.

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America sounds more horrific every time I hear about it

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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.

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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.

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

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