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10 Arrested For Selling Fake Medicines In Delhi: Cops
The Delhi Police on Thursday claimed to have arrested 10 people allegedly involved in the manufacture and sale of fake medicines used as painkillers and antibiotics among others in the National Capital Region.
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How Rampant Overuse Of Antibiotics During Covid Impacted India
Plenty of mistakes were made in the use of antibiotics during the COVID-19 pandemic. We need to learn from them to curb the growth of antimicrobial resistance.
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As Covid Cases Surge, Top Medical Body Revises Advisory On Antibiotics Use
"Antibiotics should not be used unless there is clinical suspicion of bacterial infection. The possibility of coinfection of COVID-19 with other endemic infections must be considered," revised guidelines said.
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Avoid Antibiotics For Low-Grade Fever: Top Medical Body ICMR
The Indian Council of Medical Research has issued guidelines warning against the use of antibiotics for conditions such as low-grade fever and viral bronchitis while advising doctors to follow a timeline while prescribing them.
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Lancet Report On Antibiotic Use In India "Misleading": Health Ministry Official
A Health Ministry official has dismissed as "misleading and inappropriate" a Lancet report claiming that more than 47 per cent of antibiotic formulations used in India's private sector in 2019 were unapproved.
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Indians Use Antibiotics Excessively, Azithromycin On Top: Lancet Study
The Lancet study said that an overlap in regulatory powers between national and state-level agencies complicate antibiotics availability.
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These Indian Startups Are Waging A War Against Superbugs: Foreign Media
India has few weapons to fight infection after years of poorly controlled antibiotic use in humans and animals, combined with effluent from the local drug industry that turned lakes and streams into breeding grounds for resistance.
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Government Sets A Limit For Antibiotics Use In Poultry
The antibiotics used in animals can enter the human body and make it resistant to the drugs.
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Antibiotics Should Not Be Used After Surgery: World Health Organisation
Antibiotics should only be used to prevent infections before and during surgery and not afterwards, new guidelines issued by World Health Organisation (WHO), which aim to save lives, cut costs and arrest the spread of superbugs, said today.
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AstraZeneca To Stop Selling Antibiotic Meronem In India
Meronem is anti-bacterial used for the treatment of serious infections in hospitalised patients.
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Scientists Make Advance In Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance
British scientists say they have developed a pioneering new treatment to prevent bacterial skin infections, which could also be used in the battle against 'superbugs' such as MRSA.
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UK Drugs Regulator Halts Approvals For Indian Clinical Trials Firm
The UK's healthcare regulator has suspended marketing approval for a widely used antibiotic that had won clearance based on clinical trials conducted by India's Quest Life Sciences, due to concerns over the integrity of trial data.
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Long-Term Use Of Antibiotics May Disrupt Brain Functions: Study
Treatments involving long-term use of antibiotics may disrupt brain functions and affect the formation of new brain cells, a new study has claimed.
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Study Underway With Focus on Framing National Policy on Antibiotics Use
An 'antibiotic resistance survey' is being held in the country whose findings would form the basis for the formulation of a national policy to regulate use of antibiotics.
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Centre Should Act to Limit Use of Antibiotics in Livestock
"In India, the use of antibiotics in pre-mixed feed for livestock is going up a lot."
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10 Arrested For Selling Fake Medicines In Delhi: Cops
The Delhi Police on Thursday claimed to have arrested 10 people allegedly involved in the manufacture and sale of fake medicines used as painkillers and antibiotics among others in the National Capital Region.
-
How Rampant Overuse Of Antibiotics During Covid Impacted India
Plenty of mistakes were made in the use of antibiotics during the COVID-19 pandemic. We need to learn from them to curb the growth of antimicrobial resistance.
-
As Covid Cases Surge, Top Medical Body Revises Advisory On Antibiotics Use
"Antibiotics should not be used unless there is clinical suspicion of bacterial infection. The possibility of coinfection of COVID-19 with other endemic infections must be considered," revised guidelines said.
-
Avoid Antibiotics For Low-Grade Fever: Top Medical Body ICMR
The Indian Council of Medical Research has issued guidelines warning against the use of antibiotics for conditions such as low-grade fever and viral bronchitis while advising doctors to follow a timeline while prescribing them.
-
Lancet Report On Antibiotic Use In India "Misleading": Health Ministry Official
A Health Ministry official has dismissed as "misleading and inappropriate" a Lancet report claiming that more than 47 per cent of antibiotic formulations used in India's private sector in 2019 were unapproved.
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Indians Use Antibiotics Excessively, Azithromycin On Top: Lancet Study
The Lancet study said that an overlap in regulatory powers between national and state-level agencies complicate antibiotics availability.
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These Indian Startups Are Waging A War Against Superbugs: Foreign Media
India has few weapons to fight infection after years of poorly controlled antibiotic use in humans and animals, combined with effluent from the local drug industry that turned lakes and streams into breeding grounds for resistance.
-
Government Sets A Limit For Antibiotics Use In Poultry
The antibiotics used in animals can enter the human body and make it resistant to the drugs.
-
Antibiotics Should Not Be Used After Surgery: World Health Organisation
Antibiotics should only be used to prevent infections before and during surgery and not afterwards, new guidelines issued by World Health Organisation (WHO), which aim to save lives, cut costs and arrest the spread of superbugs, said today.
-
AstraZeneca To Stop Selling Antibiotic Meronem In India
Meronem is anti-bacterial used for the treatment of serious infections in hospitalised patients.
-
Scientists Make Advance In Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance
British scientists say they have developed a pioneering new treatment to prevent bacterial skin infections, which could also be used in the battle against 'superbugs' such as MRSA.
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UK Drugs Regulator Halts Approvals For Indian Clinical Trials Firm
The UK's healthcare regulator has suspended marketing approval for a widely used antibiotic that had won clearance based on clinical trials conducted by India's Quest Life Sciences, due to concerns over the integrity of trial data.
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Long-Term Use Of Antibiotics May Disrupt Brain Functions: Study
Treatments involving long-term use of antibiotics may disrupt brain functions and affect the formation of new brain cells, a new study has claimed.
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Study Underway With Focus on Framing National Policy on Antibiotics Use
An 'antibiotic resistance survey' is being held in the country whose findings would form the basis for the formulation of a national policy to regulate use of antibiotics.
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Centre Should Act to Limit Use of Antibiotics in Livestock
"In India, the use of antibiotics in pre-mixed feed for livestock is going up a lot."
