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(From The Portsmouth Evening News)

Health officials are backing a government campaign to cut down on unnecessary requests for antibiotics.Portsmouth City Teaching Primary Care Trust is reminding patients that the drugs do not help to treat viral infections such as colds, coughs and sore throats.And experts have welcomed the advertising campaign, which is designed to tackle increasing problems with resistance to antibiotics.Katie Hovenden, the trust's head of medicines management, said: ...

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