Ahmedabad: The use of remedies, antivirus drugs used to treat Covid-19 are up to critical, up 142% in the second wave of infection in April and May from the previous surge in November-December.
According to state data, the use of remedies increased from 7.29 lakh (7,29,052) bottles in November to 17.65 lakh (17,65,989) in April and May, during the second wave.
Hg Koshia, Commissioner, Food Administration and Drug Control (FDCA), said, “We have taken all steps to ensure adequate remedies of remedies to Covid patients, however, there are prescribing medications that are not indiscriminate than hoarding at the initial stage Disadvantages.
“Chemists and pharmacists say deficiencies while drugs are created due to supply side constraints.
Because of the severe crisis, several supply centers in Ahmedabad saw a long queue where relatives of Covid patients from other districts also tried to get drugs.
“During the second wave, there was a wide gap between the number of drugs produced and provided vis-àvis what was needed because the daily case burden entered thousands.
This indeed leads to a temporary shortage of remediesivir.
Our estimates show that at least 10% of patients are possible It requires not getting drugs because of the situation, “said the member of the Gujarat State Chemist Federation and the drug association (FGSCDA), provided that anonymity.
About 7.76 lakh Vial of Remdesivir is provided by the center, according to the data provided by the Ministry of Health and the Welfare of the Union Family.
Consumption clearly rises due to increased cases and greater case severity.
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Vivek Dave, a city-based critical care specialist, said that because of the greater severity of the ‘Delta’ variant, which was common in the second wave, about 80% of inpatients needed remedies, which were higher than the first waving.
“This drug is given primarily to ensure that patients do not experience symptoms and severe mortality can be avoided,” he said.
The country registered 72,094 cases of Covid-19 in November-December 2020, which jumped to 4,99,046 cases in April-May 2021.
Box: 59% of Covid patients require remedies for the second wave of at least 59% of covid patients require remdesivir in Gujarat, during the wave Both infections in April and May.
The country supplies around 17.65 lakh vial remdesivir to patients through government and private channels in April and May, according to data from the state government.
Going by the basic dose needed by Covid patients who were given at least six bottles of remediesivir, that meant at least 2,94,331 patients needed medicine, around 59% of the total 4,99,046 cases reported.