Nagpur: Spurt in the request of anti-cold and antihistamines (anti-allergic) due to flu-like symptoms followed by weather changes that are suddenly learned to keep the doctor and pharmacists busy in the middle of a covid surge.
Hetal Thakkar, Chemical Secretary of Nagpur Regency and the drug association, said Paracetamol sales (used to treat fever and mild to moderate pain) at this average 30 strips per day from each retailer in the district.
“We cannot override sales of nearly 90,000 paracetamol strips more or less per day in this district.
There is also an increase in selling cough syrup,” he said, adding most pharmacists to insist on recipes after food and drug administration guides.
Other industry experts Murlidhar Kewalramani from the Suresh Medical Stores said there were around 30% -40% increase in demand for anti-cold drugs, antihistamines and antibiotics.
“Sales of antibiotics such as azithromycin, cefixime, amoxyclav 625, antihistamines such as Montelukast, levocetirizine and such drugs have increased,” he said, adding weather changes had taken the population by surprised by symptoms such as flu also playing COVOC.
“This trend is expected to stretch until February,” Kewalramani said, which is a retailer-cum-stockist.
Dr.
Ashwini Took specialist disease said that increased disease due to respiratory viruses often occur in applicable weather conditions.
“Flu and their general likes this season.
Epidemiologists, the maximum case is an Omicron variant and very few flu, but people only support the pills and avoid tests, which need to be locked up,” said Dr.
Took, added that most people for symptomatic care.
Dr.
Rajesh Atal, pointing to the trend, saying doctors are bound to prescribe medicines such as more paracetamol because there are many patients who run with symptoms such as flu.
“Paracetamol is mainly used to treat flu-like symptoms and will naturally be in demand,” he said.
In accordance with Sunil Blani, the owner of the Jai Bhole medical store, said Paracetamol like Dolo 650 and sales of azithromycin generally rise in this season.
Nitin Gandhi from Gupta Medication Associates, a distributor and renowned stockist, said there was a big demand for Dolo 650, among others in the market with drugs that almost became the name of the household now.
According to Bhupendra Malewar, who manages the pharmacy in Orange City and Neuron Hospitals, said he witnessed at least five times the increase in requests for anti-cold medicines, coughing and fever such as drugs such as azithromycin, paracetamol and montelukast.