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Correlation of Recommendations of Treatment Guidelines and Frequently Prescribed Antibiotics: Evaluation of Their Pharmaceutical Pack Size
Author(s) -
Mukherjee Shoma,
Saha Nilanjan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
basic and clinical pharmacology and toxicology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1742-7843
pISSN - 1742-7835
DOI - 10.1111/bcpt.12905
Subject(s) - guideline , antibiotics , dosing , medicine , intensive care medicine , antibiotic resistance , pharmacology , biology , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology
There are various factors that contribute to development of antimicrobial resistance. Overuse, inappropriate prescribing and extensive agricultural use of antibiotics are some of the factors which have been identified. Antibiotics are almost always universally packaged by manufacturers in packs that are heavily driven by cost of economies and convenience rather than by any scientific basis or duration of therapy. So, in this study, the correlation of the treatment guidelines with the choice of antibiotics and whether packing size contributes to leftover dosing units when used according to guideline recommendations were assessed.