Key Points
Antibiotics, once hailed as miracle drugs, are losing their effectiveness due to misuse and over-the-counter availability in India, leading to a silent pandemic of antimicrobial resistance...
Antibiotics have long been considered miracle, life-saving drugs, capable of treating infections caused by bacteria, that once led to severe illness or even death...
From 1893, antibiotics have cured illnesses and helped patients get out of almost death-like situations caused by syphilis and drastically changed modern medicine, by extending the average human lifespan by 23 years...
For instance, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are two significant health threats now prevalent in India.. . Overuse of antibiotics in agriculture and livestock farming also contributes to the development of resistant bacteria, as these drugs are commonly used to promote animal growth and prevent infections in crowded, unsanitary conditions...
Dr Sandeep Budhiraja, Group Medical Director, Max Healthcare & Senior Director, Institute of Internal Medicine, concluded that antibiotics should only be sold with a prescription as resistance "makes infections harder to treat and increases treatment costs."..
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