Business
In this episode of The HJ Show, host
Harsh Joshi sits down with Dr. Richa
Dayaramani — PhD in Pharmaceutical
Sciences with over 25 years of
experience and an EC Member of the
Gujarat State Pharmacy Council —
for one of the most important health
conversations on this platform.
Self medication is one of India's
biggest public health problems.
Since 1990, three lakh Indians die
directly from Antimicrobial Resistance
every single year. And the root cause
in most cases is something as simple
as taking the wrong antibiotic, stopping
a course early or ordering medicines
without a prescription.
In this episode Dr. Richa explains
what antibiotics actually are and when
you should take them, the critical
difference between viral and bacterial
infections, why stopping your antibiotic
course early creates superbugs, what
Antimicrobial Resistance is and why
83 percent of Indians already carry
resistant bacteria in their bodies,
the dangerous impact of taking pain
killers on a daily routine, what to
check when visiting a chemist, the role
of the pharmacist as a bridge between
doctor and patient, food safety and
the risk of quick commerce delivery,
the real difference between sanitisation
and sanitation and why vaccination is
your first and most powerful line of
defence against infections.
This episode is for every person who
has ever Googled their symptoms, taken
a leftover medicine or stopped a course
early because they felt better.
Prevention is always better than cure.
And awareness is where prevention begins.
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