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Implications of Overprescription of Antibiotics: A Cross-Sectional Study

INTRODUCTION: The use of antibiotics in recent years has become more aggressive and more common. The inappropriate use, to be more precise, the abuse of these prescriptions, is the root cause for increasing bacterial resistance and adverse outcomes. Antisepsis can be suggested as an appropriate alte...

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Autores principales: Ramachandran, Punithavathy, Rachuri, Narendra Kumar, Martha, Satyam, Shakthivel, Rekha, Gundala, Anusha, Battu, Thilak Sravan
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6555336/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31198382
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JPBS.JPBS_62_19
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author Ramachandran, Punithavathy
Rachuri, Narendra Kumar
Martha, Satyam
Shakthivel, Rekha
Gundala, Anusha
Battu, Thilak Sravan
author_facet Ramachandran, Punithavathy
Rachuri, Narendra Kumar
Martha, Satyam
Shakthivel, Rekha
Gundala, Anusha
Battu, Thilak Sravan
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description INTRODUCTION: The use of antibiotics in recent years has become more aggressive and more common. The inappropriate use, to be more precise, the abuse of these prescriptions, is the root cause for increasing bacterial resistance and adverse outcomes. Antisepsis can be suggested as an appropriate alternative to antibiotics, to control the increasing antibiotic resistance among individuals. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to compare the awareness of antibiotic prescription and resistance among BDS and MDS practitioners and students. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 361 dental professionals were included in this study. Each of them was given a questionnaire containing questions pertaining to antibiotic prescription and awareness. RESULTS: Most of the participants prescribed antibiotics as pre and post treatment management of all the oral diseases during their routine interaction with the patients. Overprescription of antibiotics, amoxicillin being the most common, was significantly more among the BDS practitioners than the MDS practitioners. BDS practitioners (78%) preferred a 3-day antibiotic prescription whereas MDS practitioners (80%) prescribed a 5-day course, which was statistically significant. Mindfulness with respect to antimicrobial prophylaxis and antibiotic resistance was observed to be satisfactory in both the groups. However, there was a general absence of mindfulness with respect to the rules for antibiotic prescription recommendations in both the groups. CONCLUSION: Antibiotic prescription should be given with care to prevent its resistance, an upcoming iatrogenic health hazard.
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spelling pubmed-65553362019-06-13 Implications of Overprescription of Antibiotics: A Cross-Sectional Study Ramachandran, Punithavathy Rachuri, Narendra Kumar Martha, Satyam Shakthivel, Rekha Gundala, Anusha Battu, Thilak Sravan J Pharm Bioallied Sci Original Article INTRODUCTION: The use of antibiotics in recent years has become more aggressive and more common. The inappropriate use, to be more precise, the abuse of these prescriptions, is the root cause for increasing bacterial resistance and adverse outcomes. Antisepsis can be suggested as an appropriate alternative to antibiotics, to control the increasing antibiotic resistance among individuals. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to compare the awareness of antibiotic prescription and resistance among BDS and MDS practitioners and students. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 361 dental professionals were included in this study. Each of them was given a questionnaire containing questions pertaining to antibiotic prescription and awareness. RESULTS: Most of the participants prescribed antibiotics as pre and post treatment management of all the oral diseases during their routine interaction with the patients. Overprescription of antibiotics, amoxicillin being the most common, was significantly more among the BDS practitioners than the MDS practitioners. BDS practitioners (78%) preferred a 3-day antibiotic prescription whereas MDS practitioners (80%) prescribed a 5-day course, which was statistically significant. Mindfulness with respect to antimicrobial prophylaxis and antibiotic resistance was observed to be satisfactory in both the groups. However, there was a general absence of mindfulness with respect to the rules for antibiotic prescription recommendations in both the groups. CONCLUSION: Antibiotic prescription should be given with care to prevent its resistance, an upcoming iatrogenic health hazard. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2019-05 /pmc/articles/PMC6555336/ /pubmed/31198382 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JPBS.JPBS_62_19 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_sort implications of overprescription of antibiotics: a cross-sectional study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6555336/
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