Srinagar : On world antimicrobial awareness week, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Thursday called for rational use of antibiotics.
In a statement issued on Thursday President Doctors Association Kashmir said “Irrational use of antibiotics is responsible for unprecedented levels of antibiotic resistance in Kashmir valley.”. Dr Hassan said more than two third of antibiotics are either given unnecessarily or used improperly. Antibiotics are prescribed for viral infections against which they have no effect. You go to a doctor with cold or flu; you will walk away with a prescription for antibiotics. “Every time you have fever, you are given an antibiotic. Every fever is not because of infection and does not require an antibiotic,” he said adding “antibiotics find their way in prescriptions for viral diarrheas, sore throats, ear and sinus discharges.” The DAK President said misuse of antibiotics has assumed serious proportion.
