Govt bans 156 cocktail medicines that include antibiotics, painkillers and multivitamins
The government on Thursday banned 156 fixed-dose combination medicines, including antibiotics used for fever and colds, painkillers, and multivitamins, saying that they are ‘likely to involve risk to human beings’ Fixed-dose combination…
‘70% of admitted patients given antibiotics’
NEW DELHI: Nearly 7 out of 10 admitted patients are prescribed antibiotics, a survey carried out in 20 public hospitals across the country has revealed. A survey carried out in 20 public hospitals…
Beware! Use of Complementary and Alternative medicines might lead to liver injury, warn AIIMS
New Delhi: The use of complementary and alternative medicines may cause liver injury, warn experts at AIIMS. Alternative medicine describes medical treatments used in place of traditional (mainstream) therapies. These medicines…
Did you know Most of the time, dentists of the dentist also write antibiotics without need.
WASHINGTON DC: Antibiotics prescribed by dentists as prevention against infections are 81 per cent of the times unnecessary. According to a study published in the journal ‘JAMA Network Open’, antibiotics…
Health Ministry bans 80 more fixed-dose combination drugs
New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has banned 80 more fixed-dose combination (FDC) drugs which include antibiotics, painkillers, medicines used for treating fungal and bacterial infections, hypertension and anxiety, officials…
Dangerous Misuse Of Antibiotics, WHO warned
WHO ( World Health Organization) shared warning about the misuse of antibiotics as WHO mapped the consumption graph and it is dangerously high in many of the countries while a…
Colistin Ban is highly demanded by the Doctors
Infectious disease experts are forcing the central government to put a ban on the use of colistin, an antibiotic widely used to promote growth in fish and animals. Recently study…
