The survey polled more than 1,100 patients and nearly 800 healthcare professionals.
Here are five other key findings from the survey:
• Eighty-four percent of patients who request antibiotics would be satisfied if their healthcare professional explained why antibiotics are not necessary and 71 percent would be satisfied if they provided information about potential harms from taking antibiotics when not needed.
• Nearly 20 percent of consumers save their antibiotics for future use and have shared antibiotics with a family member.
• Twenty-eight percent of healthcare professionals say patient requests are one of the reasons they provide antibiotic prescriptions.
• Eleven percent of healthcare professionals still prescribed antibiotics to a patient who demanded an antibiotic even after they had been informed that the antibiotic was not needed.
• Sixty-five percent of patients asked for an antibiotic to feel better more quickly, with 44 percent asking for antibiotics so they could return to work sooner.
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