Antibiotic use is contributing to antimicrobial resistance, one of the great threats to public health. The Medicines Agency, scientific societies and industry will meet this year to change the number of pills sold per container.
The possibility of selling pills loose, as happens in several Anglo-Saxon countries, is also on the table. If there are ideally 21 tablets and the box is 20, the patient can be told to finish it with three doses a day, if one is not taken there will be no difference in the cure.