Antibiotics (RX) for treatment of Common Cold in Adults with cold

Avoid this treatment:

It is not effective in treating cold symptoms or in shortening their duration, since it does not effect viruses. It is pointless and risky.

Unnecessary usage of antibiotics promotes antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and is therefore damaging.

Note that while infections with various strains of Corona viruses are responsible for most cases of common cold, the new corona virus strain, SARS-CoV-2, leads to an entirely different coronavirus infectious disease, COVID-19. The research of treatments for COVID-19 is still pre mature and not based on solid evidence. Therefore, at this stage, we can only speculate that effective treatments for common cold (and related Corona virus strains) may prove effective for Corona disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the related SARS-CoV-2 strain. Please don't count on it.

For example tetracycline, penicillin, amoxicillin

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  Target Population:

  Adults with cold, 16 to 65 years old

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  Dosage:

  Varies with antibiotics type and the patients weight. Usually given daily for 3 days or more.

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  Goal:

  Treatment of Common Cold symptoms

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  Medical problem:

  Common Cold (symptoms caused by viral infection of the upper respiratory system).

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  Symptoms and signs:

  Cough, general discomfort, headache, runny nose, sneezing, sore throat, stuffy nose and weakness.

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  Complications:

  Bacterial infections: lung infection, middle ear infection, strep throat, sinus infection.