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Dear Colleagues!  Today is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #174. Pharma Veterans shares the wealth of knowledge and wisdom of Veterans for the benefit of entire Pharma Community. It aims to recognize and celebrate the Pharma Industry Professionals.  Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site.  If you wish to share your stories, ideas and thoughts, please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . FLUOROQUINOLONES Continued from Previous…… Some of the problems associated with fluoroquinolones use are particularly alarming and must be paid attention to. For example, the warning given on 07 October 2018, explicitly states. 1 “Patients should tell your health care professionals if you are taking a diabetes medicine when your health care professional is considering prescribing an antibiotic, and also if you have low blood sugar or symptoms of it while taking a f...

Dear Colleagues!  Today is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #173. Pharma Veterans shares the wealth of knowledge and wisdom of Veterans for the benefit of entire Pharma Community. It aims to recognize and celebrate the Pharma Industry Professionals.  Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site.  If you wish to share your stories, ideas and thoughts, please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . FLUOROQUINOLONES Fluoroquinolones class of drugs was introduced in 1980s. Quinolones such as nalidixic acid (Negram®) had been available much before that. Later pipemidic acid (Urixin®) was added. The first major fluoroquinolone was norfloxacin (Noroxin®). A battery of fluoroquinolones was then introduced on the world market in quick succession. Pakistan also boasts a large market share captured by quinolones. Almost all products from this category have sold very well in Pakistan market, some mor...

Dear Colleagues!  Today is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #155. Pharma Veterans shares the wealth of knowledge and wisdom of Veterans for the benefit of entire Pharma Community. It aims to recognize and celebrate the Pharma Industry Professionals.  Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site. If you wish to share your stories, ideas and thoughts, please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . Antibiotics and Antibacterial drugs are among the most commonly used class of drugs in Pakistan and other countries like ours. Poor hygienic conditions, pollution, contamination, inefficient sanitation and overall living conditions lead to high incidence of infections. The use of antibiotics has to be there to control infections. Pakistan is among high antibiotic-usage countries. According to statistics, antibiotics sales were reported to be over ninety billion rupees for the 12 mon...