Editing Common cold (section)

===Antibiotics and antivirals===
[[Antibiotics]] have no effect against viral infections, including the common cold.<ref name=CochraneAR2013>{{cite journal |vauthors=Kenealy T, Arroll B |title=Antibiotics for the common cold and acute purulent rhinitis |journal=The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews |volume=2013 |issue=6 |pages=CD000247 |date=June 2013 |pmid=23733381 |pmc=7044720 |doi=10.1002/14651858.CD000247.pub3}}</ref> Due to their side effects, antibiotics cause overall harm but nevertheless are still frequently prescribed.<ref name=CochraneAR2013/><ref>Eccles p. 238</ref> Some of the reasons that antibiotics are so commonly prescribed include people's expectations for them, physicians' desire to help, and the difficulty in excluding complications that may be amenable to antibiotics.<ref>Eccles p. 234</ref> There are no effective [[antiviral drug]]s for the common cold even though some preliminary research has shown benefits.<ref name=AFP07/><ref name="EcclesPg_b">Eccles p. 218</ref>