Ministry of Health & Prevention Issues Warning Against Dispensing Antibiotics Without Medical Prescription
H.E. Dr. Amin Hussein Al Amiri, Assistant Undersecretary for Public Health Policy and Licensing of the Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP) and Chairman of the National Pharmacovigilance Council, revealed that the Ministry means to release new health regulations to place an end to the unsafe practice of dispensing anti-biotics without medical prescription in the context of the World Health Company's (WHO) reports on the prevalence of the danger developed by microbial resistance to prescription antibiotics which is brought on by changes that happen in the bacteria and render antibiotics much less effective, and this is a current major threat to public health.
H.E. pointed that global records have revealed that between 50 and 80 percent of germs have developed solid resistance to antibiotics, which leads to the wear and tear of the immune system. This, he explained, lengthens the period of the disease and makes treatment more difficult, subsequently boosting the risk for complications that could lead to fatality. Reports suggest the fatality of 700,000 individuals annually worldwide consequently. The indiscriminate use antibiotics brings about epidemics unless there is intervention and extreme remedies, which has motivated the WHO to assign the period from November 16 to 22 every year as World Awareness Week on Antibiotics.
H.E. Dr. Al Amiri stated that MOHAP, as the body in charge of health legislation in the country, is currently preparing proper legislation to prevent misconduct pertaining to the dispensing of anti-biotics without a prescription. He explained that the brand-new draft of the government legislation intends to manage the pharmaceutical occupation addresses thoroughly the subject of medications that purely require prescriptions. He included that this is a vital and positive facet which helps in the prevention of practices that worsen the phenomenon of medicine resistance.
The Assistant Undersecretary further highlighted that all drug stores need to abide by the policies and local policies governing their operations in the UAE. The Ministry and the local health authorities will escalate the guidance and examination of drug stores in the nation, covering around 2,400 personal pharmacies particularly those who break rules and regulations referring to the dispensing of medicines. MOHAP will additionally raise understanding among doctors on the justification of prescriptions, especially the need to be strict in the prescription of antibiotics so that such medications are given only when clinically needed and used at precise dose, with focus on the significance of the prescription of the ideal antibiotic for the details infection.
H.E. additionally noted that the importance of health education for the public to raise recognition on the importance of adherence to the prescription and continued use the antibiotic for the prescribed period also in the case of earlier improvement. He also required people to prevent self-medication with remaining prescription antibiotics from previous clinical treatments, without an understanding of the danger connected with self-medication and overuse of prescription antibiotics.
H.E. Dr. Al Amiri further emphasized the keenness of the Ministry to raise recognition on the importance of rationalizing making use of antibiotics and avoiding risks from abuse, especially the enhancing ability of germs to withstand them and provide them ineffective. He strongly warned versus taking anti-biotics without seeking advice from a medical professional and buying them from pharmacies without prescriptions, and asked for adherence to restorative procedures when recommending antibiotics to clients. He likewise explained the have to strictly adhere to the dosages and their recommended timings and the health dangers associated with ceasing the medicine quickly which he described can result in the re-emergence of germs and the development of resistance to the antibiotic. Children, he warned, must not be offered antibiotics unless absolutely essential and need to be done under medical supervision.
According to scientists, antibiotics will be the biggest health obstacle of the 21st century, needing an adjustment in global behavior by people and neighborhoods. The boosting resistance to antibiotics is a global health situation. In the near future, these medicines can triggering a breakdown in the current medicine system. Medical professionals alert that ignoring regulations may bring about severe health complications.
WHO noted that an increase in antibiotic-resistant organisms endangers our go back to the pre-penicillin era in the 1920s when the mildest infection might be fatal. International clinical resources confirmed that a number of the qualities of modern medicine - from bowel surgical treatment to cancer cells treatment and organ transplants - depend upon our ability to treat infections. If this capability is shed, after that the foundations of whole modern medicine would certainly fall down. It is essential to understand that combating the emergence of antibiotic resistance suggests combating sustaining the entire modern medication systems.
