Stop over use of antibiotics, say paediatricians
Posted on: 05/Oct/2015 10:38:47 AM
Paediatricians in the country have come together to inform the public about the harmful effects of antibiotics. They say that a large number of children in the intensive care units in hospitals are not responding to antibiotics. They attribute this to over use or, in some cases, abuse of the medication.
The doctors spoke at a conference that was held in Hyderabad recently. They said that doctors have been prescribing large doses of antibiotics are urged them to minimise the practise, and not use antibiotics at random.
Doctors from the Indian Academy of Paediatrics and the conference`s organising committee said, In India, doctors face a problem when they do not prescribe antibiotics. But people have to understand that continuous consumption or prescribing of antibiotics is leading to resistance, which is making it very difficult to cure serious health conditions. Thus, there is a very strong need at the level of medical practitioners to have a strategy for judicious use of antibiotics and at the same time to counsel the public of its misuse... Due to the misuse, there is also a strong need for alternative solutions for combating diseases... The need of the hour is to re-visit medical concepts and focus on preventive measure rather than rely on advanced cure methods. This comes from the fact that more people are dying due to increased resistance antibiotics.
The experts said that studies had to be conducted to compare the pre antibiotic and post antibiotic eras.
