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| Spider of Disease Resistant Drugs | | | Dr. Vijay Garg | 11/23/2025 10:20:21 PM |
| Antibiotics are considered to be very effective for any disease, which is why they sell the most on the market. However, their blind use has led to dangerous conditions such as ‘superbugs’ in the country where drugs become useless and normal illness cannot be cured quickly. The concern is that antibodies are also being overused in poultry farming and animal husbandry. As a result, even if we take less anti-inflammatory drugs ourselves, the problem will still surround us. Therefore, detailed guidelines on the use of these drugs have been issued by the Government. Is In 1928, the Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming, working at a medical institute in London, discovered antibiotic penicillin while researching bacteria. Penicillin proved a boon when millions of wounded soldiers were dying from infection in World War II. It saved countless soldiers. Penicillin changed the direction of medical science and is considered to be the beginning of the modern antibiotic age. However, since 1945, Fleming himself has been warning that overuse of disease-resistant drugs will lead to resistance and this is what happened. Now the problem is getting bigger, as it has become common in countries like India to take anti-disease drugs without a doctor’s advice, taking incomplete medications and even use them for minor illnesses. Overuse of these drugs develops resistance to bacteria or viruses in our bodies and this condition emerges as ‘superbugs’. That is, a condition in which strong bacteria or viruses do not die from drugs and simple antibodies don’t work on them did. Not only does this increase the cost of medication for patients, but it also makes it difficult to treat infections such as coughs, fever or wounds in the future. Diseases that used to be treated with common and inexpensive drugs now have to take expensive medications or injections, as they are also ineffective on common 18 diseases and require a variety of tests and new types of treatments. Repeated antibiotics also cause problems such as allergies and damage to the skin, and have long-term effects on the kidneys, liver and stomach. The biggest thing is that these drugs kill harmful bacteria as well as good ones. According to the Indian Council of Medical Research, about seven lakh people in the country are affected by antibiotic resistance-related diseases every year. The World Health Organization estimates that if the problem is not stopped, about a million people worldwide including India could die from it by 2050. “This condition invites many other diseases and common seem to be The market for anti-inflammatory drugs in India is huge, because infectious diseases are common here. The market in the country was estimated at around Rs 49,000 crore in 2023 and is expected to grow by about 6-7 per cent annually, reaching Rs 83,000 crore. India is known as the world’s third largest producer of antimicrobials According to a 2022 report by The Lancet, antibodies per capita in India consumption is the highest in the world It is estimated that over 1,300 crore doses of these drugs are taken every year in the country. The Government has implemented ‘Schedule A’, under which many disease resistant drugs can be found only on the advice of a physician. The ‘Antibiotic Stewardship’ programme is being implemented in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research and the World Health Organisation to reduce the misuse of these drugs, but the problem remains. 1 In India, more than 30-35 million people are affected by diseases such as colds, fever and diarrhea every year. By 2024, the total number of registered physicians in the country is about 13 lakhs, out of which 10.4 lakh are allopathic and 4.5 lakh Ayush doctors (Ayurveda, Homeopathy). are Greek). According to the World Health Organization standard, a thousand only 0.2 per population There should be at least one doctor in the population While there are only 0.7 doctors available in India per thousand population. This proportion is even higher in rural areas, with a population of 1,000 doctors in many states. According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Rural Health Statistics, there are 1.55 lakh sub-health centres, 25,000 primary health centers and 5,600 community health centres in the country. About 65 - 70 per cent of these health centres are located in rural areas. Even though about a million. More health centers in rural areas in, but there is still a huge shortage of doctors and health centers here. and drugs It is worth noting that the World Health Organization has classified antibodies into three categories. Oh. First, they which of the normal transition are safe and do not have much negative effect on the body The second category is those drugs that should be used in a limited way and require monitoring. which of the normal transition are safe and do not have much negative effect on the body. The second category is those drugs that should be used in a limited way and require monitoring. In the third category, drugs that should only be used in life-saving situations. But these guidelines are not being fully implemented. The problem is also growing because there has been blind use of antibodies in agriculture and animal husbandry as well, especially poultry According to reports by the Food and Agriculture Organization (UN), Indian Council of Medical Research, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India and World Health Organisation, more than fifty percent of total consumption of disease-resistant drugs in India is used for animal husbandry. These are used repeatedly in dairy cattle to prevent infection and increase milk production. of the year 2022 A survey found that 10-12 percent of milk samples contained residues of these drugs ( It is estimated that about 70-75 percent of chickens in the country are used for feeding. The Government’s new guidelines are aimed at ensuring the prudent use of disease-resistant drugs and maintaining their effectiveness for future treatment of serious infections. If the patients, doctors, hospitals and farmers all follow these rules together, there can be some control over this problem.
Author is a Retired Principal Malout
Punjab
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