Misuses of Drugs
Drugs should be enclosed and stored properly to avoid children accidentally accessing the drugs as it is very dangerous to do so.
People nowadays take drugs for the wrong reasons. For instance, some drugs used for bacterial infections cannot be used for virus infections.
The misuses of drugs is sometimes caused by an incorrect prescription which may cause allergic reactions.
If drugs are taken at wrong dosages, under wrong prescriptions, drug resistance may develop. Here are some recommendations which is offered by doctors. Physicians should give correct prescriptions and stress the importance of taking the right drugs to the patients. Meanwhile, patients should finish the whole course of their antibiotics.
dosage
UK /ˈdəʊ.sɪdʒ/ US /ˈdoʊ.sɪdʒ/formal
the amount of medicine that you should take at one time:
"What's the dosage?" "One spoonful three times a day."
Do not exceed the recommended dosage.
antibiotic
noun [ C ]
UK /ˌæn.ti.baɪˈɒt.ɪk/US /ˌæn.t̬i.baɪˈɑː.t̬ɪk/
C2 a medicine or chemical that can destroy harmful bacteria in the body or limit their growth:
I'm taking antibiotics for a throatinfection.
a one-month course of antibiotics
Some types of antibiotic are used to promote growth in farm animals.
