Taking antibiotics for “slight ailments” in Kashmir is leading to a dangerous scenario where resistance to these drugs is fast growing among people, experts have warned. Although antibiotics are prescription drugs, these are sold over-the-counter in Kashmir with no monitoring and adherence to the Drug Act that mandates that these be sold only with a prescription. “We have reported resistance to not just gram positive bacteria but also gram negative. We are sometimes left with no choice but to use the antibiotics that were considered toxic. Very soon, we will…
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