The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation

[Steps to stop irrational prescriptions would have to come from within the medical community, Gupta said yesterday at a national workshop on rational use of drugs.Rajasthan has also launched a campaign against irrational prescriptions. Scientists are now worried that irrational drug use by HIV-positive people might lead to drug-resistant HIV.Drug experts warn that the number of irrational combination of drugs has increased in recent years. “India’s drug industry has had dramatic successes,”Gulhati said. Ninety-eight per cent of drugs used in India are manufactured locally, drugs worth $2 billion are exported to over 90 countries, and drug prices in India are among the lowest in the world. “But this continued irrational use of drugs is deplorable.”]

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