University of british columbia in vancouver, canada.

February 15 (Reuters) - Antibiotics do not help fight the most

sinuses, although doctors often prescribe them for

For this purpose, according to research dollars. The researchers, whose work was published in the magazine

American Medical Association found that antibiotics do not relieve symptoms

patients and get them back to work faster than any >> << inactive placebo pills. Antibiotics are known to fuel the evolution

drug-resistant bacteria and experts are increasingly concerned about excessive

. This is of particular concern with sinus for doctors

I can not tell if the disease is caused by bacteria or virus

, in this case, antibiotics are useless. "There is not much you can get on antibiotics," said Jane

Garbutt Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, who led the study. "Rather than give everyone antibiotics in hopes of finding >> << (patients) of bacteria, our findings will provide a waiver of

antibiotics and do what we call watchful waiting," she

told Reuters Health. This includes follow patients to see if they get

better, but not drugs, not over-the-counter pain relievers

. People with nasal sinuses, and acute sinusitis,

to have sturdy and strong cold like symptoms such as runny nose >> << and pain around the eyes, nose and forehead. "This is the fifth among the most common reason antibiotics are prescribed for adults

. It is difficult to doctors not to give antibiotics

, because patients are so miserable, and we have no

nothing to give them, "said Garbutt. Garbutt and her colleagues used the official guide USA

identify patients with sinus infections. They randomly assigned 166 adults

or placebo tablets or 10-day treatment with amoxicillin antibiotic

. Based on patient ratings of symptom scale known as

change sinuses results purchase strattera of tests 16 or wand-16, researchers found

a difference between the two groups of patients. Using a scale where 0 is "no problem" and 3 "heavy >> << problem," antibiotic group rated their symptoms 1. 12

after three days, while in the placebo group average of 1. 14. After seven days, there were signs that the benefits of antibiotics >> << but the effect was small and disappeared another >> << three days. After 10 days, 78 percent of people on antibiotics and

80 percent of the placebo people said they felt much better

or no longer have symptoms. Less than two percent of sinus infections are bacterial,

said Anthony Chow, a specialist in infectious diseases in

University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. "In most cases caused by viruses, but the vast majority do not require antibiotics

," he said. "Antibiotics are victims of violence, so should be cautious when prescribing

them and deter."

But he said that antibiotics are still taking place and

, recently chaired the Committee on Infectious Diseases Society,

which has developed guidelines to help spot infections

likely be bacterial. These guidelines are still in print, we recommend treatment only

patients whose symptoms continue for at least 10 days and hold

, deterioration that seriously ill with high fever and other symptoms or who

and improving Then again deteriorate. Source:

, (Reports from New York Frederic Joelving at Reuters Health

editing and << >>