WITH increased use of antibiotics worldwide linked to growing antibiotic resistance, a world-first study co-authored by a QUT researcher has highlighted the growing impact of non-prescription supply of antibiotics in community pharmacies, and the urgent need for better enforcement of laws.
The research has just been published in The Journal of Infection.
QUT Postgraduate Research Award Scholarship recipient with the Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation Emmanuel Adewuyi said, "Studies from 24 countries were analysed and to our alarm we discovered that antibiotics are frequently supplied without prescription in many countries".
Australia was not included in the study, but of the 24 countries only Thailand did not classify antibiotics as prescription only, but supply was "commonplace" throughout.
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