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‘Azithromycin most misused drug in India’ | India News
NEW DELHI: Azithromycin is the most overused antibiotic medicine in the country during the Covid pandemic and before, when Indians overused broad-spectrum antibiotics and most of them had yet to be approved by the central drug regulator, according to a published study. above Lancet Medical Region-Southeast Asia.
Researchers investigated the sale of antibiotics in private hospitals in India in 2019 (pre-Covid era) and found that most of them were used inappropriately.
Researchers investigated the sale of antibiotics in private hospitals in India in 2019 (pre-Covid era) and found that most of them were used inappropriately.