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Doctors told to write reasons for prescribing antibiotics in India’s fight against overuse
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Antibiotics overuse leads to antimicrobial resistance, which is when bacteria, viruses and fungi develop resistance to drugs and metamorphose into superbugs.
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NEW DELHI – Rampant overuse of antibiotics in India, one of the world’s leading producers of the medication, is increasing the threat of the population developing resistance to the life-saving drugs.
Now, the Health Ministry has directed doctors to write down the reasons for prescribing antibiotics to their patients, in an effort to curb the dangerous trend.
