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Rakyat Malaysia antara pengguna tertinggi ubat antibiotik
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PETALING JAYA: Repeated warnings on the dangers of antibiotic abuse have fallen on deaf ears as private healthcare providers continue to indulge patients who ask for it for every ailment.
Multi-drug resistant organisms have spooked patients worldwide, but in Malaysia, the demand for antibiotics continues to rise.
Malaysians very likely rank among the world’s highest antibiotic users, said Universiti Sains Malaysia (School of Pharmaceutical Sciences) Prof Mohamed Azmi Ahmad Hassali.
A recent study showed that many saw antibiotics as a miracle drug, he said.
Quoting another study on upper respiratory tract infections in Selangor, he said a shocking 90% of doctors surveyed revealed that patients expected antibiotics from their general practitioners (see info-graphics).
There are no comprehensive statistics on antibiotics usage in the private sector but Prof Mohamed Azmi believed “that’s where the problem lies”.
“Antibiotics are becoming less effective in treating bacterial infections due to antibiotic resistance. In the private sector, antibiotics are free for all so they are popping it like paracetamol.”
This results in prolonged illness and hospital stays, costlier treatment and greater risk of death, he said.
Worldwide, more than 50% of common bacteria was already resistant to antibiotics, Prof Mohamed Azmi said.
By 2050, deaths because of anti-microbial resistance will be the highest in Asia at 4,730,000, a World Health Organisation’s Antimicrobial Resistance 2014 report revealed.
The expected death toll will be higher than Europe (390,000), North America (317,000), Latin America (392,000), Africa (4,150,000) and Oceania (22,000).
This means the resistance to common bacteria has reached alarming levels in many parts of the world and is largely due to the abuse of antibiotics.
Malaysian Medical Council member and senior medical practitioner Dr Milton Lum said many patients thought antibiotics were the answer to everything.
“They treat it like sweets. It is very common for my patients to ask: ‘How come there are so few drugs? Why are antibiotics not included?’
“I never prescribe antibiotics for just-in-case situations or at a patient’s request,” he said, adding that antibiotics could not be sold without a doctor’s prescription.
“Unfortunately, this is what’s happening.”
Pharmacists, traditional and complementary medicine practitioners and patients themselves must also take responsibility for the rise in antibiotic usage, he noted.
Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) president Dr Krishna Kumar discouraged the use of antibiotics, especially among children, unless “absolutely necessary”.
But Malaysian patients kept asking for antibiotics as they believed that it would cure them.
“They self-medicate and when they don’t get cured, they go to the doctor demanding for antibiotics.
“In the Seremban hospital, we have stopped using ampicillin (a type of antibiotic) because the resistance level is very high,” he said.
MMA past president Datuk Dr N.K.S. Tharmaseelan said that around the world, organisations were lobbying to eliminate the unnecessary use of antibiotics.
He gave as examples the US Interagency Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance, a non-governmental organisation campaigning to “keep antibiotics working”, and a very successful “antibiotics are not automatic” campaign by the French government.
In Malaysia, the public, pharmacists and healthcare workers were still not sufficiently addressing the problem, he said, adding that potentially, all existing antibiotics would become “useless” soon as people became more resistant to them.
“This is especially worrying as very few antibiotics were discovered in recent years,” he said.
He said new antibiotics were not necessarily safe yet exorbitantly priced.
Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) consultant physician (infectious diseases) Assc Prof Sasheela Sri La Sri Ponnam­palavanar said the Health Ministry monitored antibiotic usage and resistance rates in government and university hospitals but this was not so in the private sector.
“All doctors in both the public and private sectors must be strictly regulated. Some 30% to 50% of antibiotics are inappropriately prescribed by doctors for the common cold, cough, sore throat and gastroenteritis.
“I’ve even seen patients with dengue infection prescribed with antibiotics,” she said.
UMMC recently launched a campaign to increase awareness of antimicrobial resistance and promote judicious antibiotic use among clinicians in the hospital, she said.
“Currently, deaths due to antibiotic resistance are estimated at 700,000 yearly. We are facing a bleak future.
“By 2050, 300 million people will die from this if we don’t act now. The most affected countries will be the developing countries in Asia, including Malaysia.
“If doctors and patients do not use antibiotics responsibly, we will all suffer the consequences,” she said.
Last December, Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam warned that the liberal use of antibiotics had resulted in an increasing number of bacteria and pathogens becoming resistant to the drug.
He said antibiotic resistance had been identified as a major public health threat globally, especially when treating infectious diseases. |
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Biasalah ummah bimbo suka abuse ubat... |
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famri7 replied at 26-4-2015 06:01 PM
Biasalah ummah bimbo suka abuse ubat...
Sis fikir klu ikut circle sis kan sis... ramai juga yg x bergantung kpd antibiotik. Secontoh, klu selsema minum air halia mix madu mix lemon mix timun.... kalau x ok baru cari doktor.
Klu demam ni hmm panadol bukan antibiotik kan? Hmmm yep yep hmmm.. |
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lama dh tk pretik anti biotik dlm perubatan utk anak2 aku lagila..demam kalu semata telan ubat panadol klinik gomen..sebijik dua dh sembuh. panadol kedai tk mujarab. |
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Tergelok aku bca komen sini.muaha |
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Siapa yg kasi preskripsi antibiotik? |
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mana tak nye. pi klinik je, tuan doc mesti bagi antibiotik
siap pesan makan sampai habis yer |
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sbb free...cer kena bayo...
antibiotic mahal tau....
anyway...aku jenis sakit apa2 pon...amik 3 hari....3 hari tak baik flu ke cough ke demam ke baru pi jumpak dokter....and prescribed antibiotics....tapi sangat jarang sakit2 ni berlarutan sampai 3 hari....so jarangla aku jumpa dokter and tak ingat bila last time amik antibiotics ni... |
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Dr.suh abiskan antibiotik even dh baik, tp ak mkn sebijik je+paracetamol. OK dh. Jrg jumpe Dr.tp selalu dpt selsema. So ubatnya hurix je. |
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ohnoLia replied at 26-4-2015 10:14 AM
Sis fikir klu ikut circle sis kan sis... ramai juga yg x bergantung kpd antibiotik. Secontoh, klu ...
Thanks for the tips sis..biasanya saya minum air rebusan cinnamon/halia jah..memang mujarab trus xjadi demam..timun tuh saya blend dgn epal hijau jah tatkala badan lesu. |
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Jgn biasakan diri dgn ubat2 doktor..nnt bdn x imun..
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saya sangat jarang sakit
rasanya dlm 7-8 tahun ini, baru sekali kut demam
tapi saya juga spesis yg sangat cepat immune pada obat...macam panadol tuh kalu saya telan skali 8 bijik pun tak jadi apa, org lain mungkin sudah tingtong masuk sepital
bila sekali sakit, mahu pegi 3,4 tempat baru bulih baik sbb belum sempat betui2 sembuh, body saya sudah reject itu ubat
saya tidak tahu antibodi cap apa pun tatau badan saya ini |
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entibayotik campur coke......ke bulan ting tong dia bai |
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penyakit batuk selesema itu boleh dicegah, bila start bersin2 patut segeralah telan panadol solubel dan minum tea lemon dan makan lemon dan lahapla buah2 segar jika rasa nak demam sila berjogging keluar peluh. jika dibiarkan bersin sampai selesema hari1 ,2 ,3 mmg selamatle nak pulih mmg susah walaupun makan ubat
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pehal korang sembang psl antibiotic, paracetamol ngan panadol.panadol tu adalah pain killer.
isunya disini psl antibiotic.fungsinya tersgt la berbeza.... |
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Bahaya lah makan antibiotic dari kecik..
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Ponstan
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Celebrex
(Aku terpaksa) |
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Edited by CrowneGlory at 27-4-2015 06:45 AM
"But Malaysian patients kept asking for antibiotics as they believed that it would cure them..."
based on my experience... Doktor msia yg asik prescribed antibiotic.. X pernah mintak pun.. Sbnrnya doktor msia yg suka sgt bagi..jgn la salahkn patients.. Hubby aku pernah demam pernah doktor ni kasi up dose dia sampai 1000mg... Banyaklah salahkan patients pulak yg mintak... |
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