Question

Lauren has the flu. She's pretty miserable. Unfortunately, she wasn't paying attention in health class when they went over how viruses work. She asks you for some of the antibiotic your doctor prescribed to clear up a bacterial infection you have. What would you say?

Answer 1

You say no because it’s unsafe to give prescribed medication to someone that it’s not prescribed to, especially since not everything works for everybody.

Answer 2

Any antibiotic will due like Ibuproven.