It is developing treatment guidelines on a number of common medical problems for health professionals.
They were not appropriate candidates, under professional treatment guidelines, for the drugs.
What she doesn't say is that treatment guidelines would not be compulsory.
The researchers looked at 22 medical conditions and checked to see whether the health organizations met the treatment guidelines.
"But I think we should be paying more attention to the problem of adherence to treatment guidelines by the doctor."
But other researchers have said changing treatment guidelines now would be premature.
Already, doctors and patients are confused by conflicting treatment guidelines.
New national treatment guidelines are due out this fall.
"It has been very difficult to establish specific treatment guidelines, given the anecdotal evidence."
Second, how do these findings affect treatment guidelines during acute infection?
