CMA urges prescription-only antibiotics for agricultural use

CMA urges prescription-only antibiotics for agricultural use.

Use of antibiotics without medical prescription.

UNLABELLED The inappropriate use of antibiotics for the treatment of infections is a worldwide problem that has implications for the cost of treatment and the development of resistant strains of bacteria. The use of antibiotics should follow specific criteria; they are on top of the list of self-medication drugs in countries that do not control their commercialization. OBJECTIVES To determine...

Trends in the use of prescription antibiotics: NHANES 1999-2012.

OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study were: to examine trends in the use of prescription antibiotics overall and by population subgroups between 1999 and 2012; and to examine trends in the use of categories of antibiotics and individual antibiotics. METHODS Use of antibiotics was examined among 71 444 participants in the nationally representative National Health and Nutrition Examination Su...

Drugs: from prescription only to pharmacy only.

sequence, and chromosomal mapping of a human flavin-containing monooxygenase (FMOl). primary sequence and chromosomal localization of human FMO2, a new member of the flavin-containing mono-oxygenase family. The benefits are clearer than the risks The range of medicines available over the pharmacy counter is set to increase. I The Medicines Control Agency has revised its procedures to speed up t...

Agricultural Antibiotics and Human Health

L ike SARS, Ebola, and other emerging infectious diseases, antibiotic resistance in bacteria may have a zoonotic origin [1]. Evidence suggests that antibiotic use in agriculture has contributed to antibiotic resistance in the pathogenic bacteria of humans, but the chain from cause to effect is long and complicated. Antibiotic use clearly selects for antibiotic resistance, but how far do these e...