In Pakistan as well as other parts of the world, many people begin taking medications without first contacting a physician. For instance, if someone gets a headache, stomachache, or discomfort in any other region of their body, they go to the pharmacy and purchase the medication on their own. Top antibiotics are included in this group of medications, the risks of which are not known when used alone.

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Normal Antibiotic

Antibiotics eventually lose their effectiveness when they are used continuously. Then, no medication is effective. She used to take any normal antibiotic, which helped to lessen her discomfort, but for the past six months, no medication has been able to help her, and she is now in an unbearably painful condition.

Medicine Not Effect immediately

The lady informed the news organization that her pain was so severe that she was unable to talk. The doctor told me that even though they would give him medication immediately, it wouldn't start working right away. His issue did not end there; when she returned home from the hospital after four straight days, his body was stuffed with antibiotics. She started experiencing negative effects after prolonged usage, including nausea, vomiting, and appetite loss. She said that I felt lightheaded when I got home. Due to the medication's effects, I lost all of my appetite. I'm having difficulties falling asleep at night as well. My stomach still feels the effects of this six months later.

Foreign News Organization

Several of these individuals were questioned by a foreign news organization over whether they use antibiotics on their own initiative or at the advice of their physician. While fewer persons claimed to only use medication based on what their doctor has prescribed them, fewer still stated they never use any medication on their own. Antibiotics are the most often recommended medication, but it's crucial to know that they have no effect on viral flu, including the common cold, flu, cough, and fever. Such issues may arise from a variety of causes, including hormone imbalance, fungal infection, or viral infection.

Antimicrobial resistance

Experts claim that the more antibiotics you take, the more probable it is that bacteria may acquire "antimicrobial resistance." They become "drug-resistant bacteria" when, over time, they undergo internal modifications that prevent them from being impacted by medications. Dr. Tariq of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) told BBC that our body's internal equilibrium is always shifting. When an antibiotic is required to treat a condition, it does not harm the bacterium since it undergoes modifications inside itself.

Dr. Tariq Pakistani Physician

Dr. Tariq claims that there are several instances in Pakistan where patients don't react to treatment. He gave the example of someone who has an illness and a high temperature as a result, in which case even the most expensive injections are ineffective. According to Dr. Tariq, physicians in Pakistan nowadays must think critically. The patients should then be administered medication. Antibiotics should be administered when the patient has an illness that is rated at 103 or 104 and this is confirmed by a lab test.

Drug-resistant Bacteria

Experts claim that because antibiotics are the most often given medications, physicians are so overburdened that they sometimes administer them without fully assessing each patient. According to Dr. Tariq, doctors in Pakistan should now only give patients medicine after giving it some thought. When a patient has an infection and a lab test reveals that the count has reached 133 or 4, antibiotics should be administered. Over 127,000 individuals worldwide died from diseases brought on by "drug-resistant bacteria"—that is, germs that were unaffected by drugs—in 2019, according to the medical journal Lancet.

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