Journal of Bioequivalence & Bioavailability

Fatima K

Publications

• Review Article
  Prevalence and Consequences of Misuse of Antibiotics, Survey Based Study in Karachi
  Author(s): Naveed S, Qamar F, Maqsood A, Ayub A, Kauser H, Malik H, Fatima K and Hameed ANaveed S, Qamar F, Maqsood A, Ayub A, Kauser H, Malik H, Fatima K and Hameed A
  
  Antibiotic misuse is one of the major problems of our society. This is the survey based study that was designed to check the prevalence of antibiotic misuse and to prevent the emergence of antibiotics resistance. Different questions were asked to 200 university students in the month of November-2014. According to our survey report, 52.5% participants got infections yearly, 70% use antibiotics rarely, 68.5% purchase antibiotics outside of hospitals, 77% purchase antibiotic only on prescriptions, only 47.5% seek advice from health care professionals, 83% follow complete course, 65% thinks antibiotics are not effective anymore, 73.5% didn’t experienced any side effects from antibiotics, 41% don’t know that the misuse of antibiotic is harmful, while only 27.5% thinks that the antibiotics used will be effective in future for the same infection. We concluded that the major facto.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/jbb.1000240

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