India grapples with widespread self-medication, a habit deeply ingrained in its healthcare culture. While responsible self-care for minor ailments is encouraged, the unsupervised use of prescription drugs, especially antibiotics, fuels antimicrobial resistance. Recent government regulations on cough syrups signal a push for safer medicine use, but experts emphasize the need for improved healthcare access and public awareness to break this dangerous dependency.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
India grapples with widespread self-medication, a habit deeply ingrained in its healthcare culture. While responsible self-care for minor ailments is encouraged, the unsupervised use of prescription drugs, especially antibiotics, fuels antimicrobial resistance. Recent government regulations on cough syrups signal a push for safer medicine use, but experts emphasize the need for improved healthcare access and… Read More »Can India break its habit of self-medication?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":117597,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117596"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}