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I delivered a baby girl 9 days ago and Drs didn't prescribe any drug for my baby when I left the general hospital. When I got home, people are asking

Christine Momoh · Accepted Answer

Please, let's stop the abuse of antibiotics mums, Do not give your baby antibiotics routinely after birth. Use only if it is prescribed by a doctor.

Olayinka Abolarin · Answer

@Ugo17314, Exactly that's what doctor recommended for me too when I gave birth two month ago.

Decent · Answer

When I give birth to my child the doc recommended the drugs for me I think the ampiclox will clear the eyze,the nospamin is for the stomach and abidec is multivamin and after I Dinah the first bottle I didn't buy another one but when my brother wife give birth they didn't recommend any think for her after some days the lady complain that onece her child woke up from sleep that physic that do comes out from her eyez is much

Dr. Dara Abiodun · Answer

In medicine, there are standard treatment guidelines that provide information and treatment protocols for diseases. As a general rule of thumb, essential newborn care involves clean environment for delivery, clean cord cut, clean cord tie, clean cord care, vitamin k, care of the eye, provide warmth, early initiation of breastfeeding, exclusive breastfeeding, rooming in/bonding, immunization. There's no place for antibiotics treatment as routine care. If there's neonatal sepsis; the baby will be treated accordingly. While we know that the level of health care delivery and services vary; there still remains a standard guideline. If your healthcare provider does outside the norm, doesn't make it right or that someone is providing wrong info. What makes you think your info is the right thing. AGAIN in medicine, we individualize patients. Everyone's signs and symptoms may vary. Let's stop generalizing. Your healthcare provider should justify his/her actions. One cap doesn't fit all!

Winner Duru · Answer

Pls, no medication . When I gave birth 2my baby girl there was no medication. I was worried too until there was need for it. Like cold, cough etc or if she not eating well. That's when you need medication.

Whitney Peters · Answer

if your baby needed any drug d doctor would have prescribed it for him/her. so why the worry? pls don't let people put you through unnecessary worry my baby too was not given any drug she is six months now

Kola Yetunde · Answer

My child is 5 months old now ,NO Abidec, No Ampiclox and he's very healthy. Only use drugs when it is prescribed

Rhema Ivie · Answer

please let us remember that when we share our experiences we should recall that our symptoms might be similar but the signs and findings by the doctor may defer. So if you were prescribed a,b,c for something that sounds similar to what Mrs A is experiencing it doesn't mean it is the same thing even when a diagnosis is same. Doctors are taught to individualize patients. That's why it is always better to seek their counsel.

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