Local Patients Ate In Danger Due To Prescribing Of Anti Biotics Unneccassirily For Viral Infections -Professor Priyadarshani Galappaththy

Due to prescribing Anti biotic drugs unnecessarily for Virus infections including cough and cold and prescribing them without a limit, lives if many local patients are at risk according to Professor of Pharmacology in Univarsity of Colombo Professor PriyaDarshani Galappaththy.

Addressing a media seminar on "Correct usage of Drugs "held at Health Promotions Bureau in Colombo yesterday  (12)Professor Galappaththy has stressed it is Duty of Both doctors and patients to save Anti Biotics for treating  the   major bacterial infections without use them unnecessarily for viral infections as many bacterial infections now proved as  resisted to Anti Biotics.

Due to the Anti Biotics resistance Only few Antibiotics have been introduced to the market during last few years and as a result an Antibiotics shortage has been created she has said .