Stop prescribing antibiotics for fever and cold, Indian Medical Association will tell doctors India is finally waking up to the dangers of reckless antibiotic use. The Indian Medical Association, a pan-India voluntary organization of doctors, will on Sunday launch a nationwide awareness programme on overuse of these live-savers, a practice that has led to emergence of drug-resistant organisms. IMA will also ask fellow practitioners to avoid unnecessary prescriptions such as recommending antibiotics for patients with fever and cold which are generally caused by viral infections. In the past two decades, almost no new antibiotic has been discovered while bacteria have learnt to overcome the existing ones. If we dont conserve our antibiotics, a day will come when simple infections will become life threatening, said Dr Narender Saini, the secretary general of IMA. [TOI]
Posted on: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 01:57:53 +0000
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