Here's How the Right Antibiotic Consumption

Antibiotics may include one of the drugs that must be followed to use them in order not to cause harmful side effects. Here is the correct way of consumption of antibiotics.

"Antibiotics should be taken as needed, in accordance with the doctor's instructions or rules such as what time of day, whether before or after meals and appropriate dose," said Dr. Sandra Utami Widiastuti, SpPD Woodmen of Siloam Hospital, when contacted detikHealth and written on Wednesday (5/9 / 2012).

Dr. Sandra said prudent use of antibiotics is feared could lead to resistance or immunity of bacteria against antibiotics.

Prof Iwan Dwiprahasto UGM as a professor of pharmacology in the article detikHealth said improper use of antibiotics can harm public health globally and individually.

Quite diverse forms of abuses ranging from inappropriate and how to choose the type and duration of antibiotic administration.

"The habit of giving antibiotics with incorrect dosage and administration time is too short or too long will cause a serious problem of resistance," said Prof. Iwan.

For that people are expected to use antibiotics wisely:

1. Precise indication
2. Appropriate patient
3. Proper medication
4. Appropriate dose and duration of drug delivery
5. Be wary of the side effects
6. Providing clear information
7. Evaluation.

Here is the correct way to take antibiotics to avoid misuse of antibiotics:

1. Appropriate antibiotics doctors prescribed dose, do most or deficiency.
2. Spend your doctor prescribes antibiotics even feel the body is healthy, so that more pain is still potent drug used aliases are not resistant.
3. Do not buy yourself without a prescription even though the drug can be purchased at pharmacies without a prescription. Since you do not know exactly how many doses and the amount that must be taken.
4. Remember antibiotics only to treat illness from bacteria (microbes) such as urinary tract infections, strep throat.
5. Colds, coughs and diarrhea generally do not need antibiotics. Just need to consume nutritious food, drink and rest. If 3 days did not recover immediately to the doctor
6. Do not be lazy to ask your doctor, any medications that contain antibiotics and what are the benefits.
7. Do not buy antibiotics using the old recipe.