Open AccessCan over-the-counter antibiotics coerce people for self-medication with antibiotics?
Author(s) -
Shyamapada Mandal
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
asian pacific journal of tropical disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.208
H-Index - 33
ISSN - 2222-1808
DOI - 10.1016/s2222-1808(15)60886-6
Subject(s) - antibiotics , medical prescription , over the counter , self medication , medicine , intensive care medicine , business , family medicine , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , pharmacology
The current communication, based upon the previous published papers in various scientific\udweb-based journals, states the scenario of over-the-counter sales of antibiotics, including many\udother factors, that enhance people practice antibiotic self-medication world-wide, which in the\uddeveloped countries the situation is little different having some resolution with the antibiotic\udself-medication problems. This paper also states about the prudent use of antibiotics through\udmedical supervision and prescription in order to combat the unwanted antibiotic side effects\udincluding emergence of antibiotic resistant bacteria from antibiotic misusage