Antibiotics, the most effective medicine to fight various bacteria, have been losing their effectiveness against the germs due to random, irrational and indiscriminate use. It is alarming that different bacteria have already developed resistance to most life-saving antibiotics. Now, the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is posing a bigger threat than any other time in the country. A surveillance study shows that 17 antibiotics are losing their efficacy against 10 types of illnesses caused by bacterial infection. In such a rigid reality, the country’s health sector experts fear, in future, we will have been left with only three drugs to fight bacterial diseases.
Therefore, it is essential to take measures to stop random, irrational and indiscriminate use of antibiotics. Besides, over-the-counter access to antibiotics must be banned.
Wares Ali Khan
Sadar, Narsingdi
