In 2021 the trend of reducing the use of antibiotics in Italy will continue (-3,3% compared to 2020), although consumption is still higher than that of many European countries. In the European comparison, a greater use of broad-spectrum antibiotics also emerges in Italy, which have a higher impact on the development of antibiotic resistance. […]
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The Report “The use of antibiotics in Italy - 2020” provides data and analyzes on the trend in consumption and expenditure in Italy for antibiotics for human use. "This work, one of the most important carried out by the National Observatory on the Use of Medicines of AIFA - stated the Director General Nicola Magrini - illustrates a situation [...]
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On Thursday 10 March 2022 at 10.00 the Italian Medicines Agency will present the National Report "The use of antibiotics in Italy - Year 2020". The publication, produced by the National Observatory on the Use of Medicines (OsMed) of AIFA, monitors consumption and expenditure for antibiotics in Italy and contains analyzes on the use in the local area, hospital and related to the purchase [...]
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On Thursday 10 March 2022 at 10 the Italian Medicines Agency will present the National Report "The use of antibiotics in Italy - Year 2020". The publication, produced by the AIFA National Observatory on the Use of Medicines (OsMed), monitors consumption and expenditure for antibiotics in Italy and contains analyzes on use in hospitals and those relating to purchase [...]
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Regarding the recent press reports relating to the deficiency of azithromycin also following its excessive and improper use for COVID-19, AIFA specifies that azithromycin, and no antibiotic in general, is approved, let alone recommended, for the COVID-19 treatment. Since the beginning of the pandemic, AIFA has strongly discouraged the use of azithromycin for COVID. [...]
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On Monday 25 November, at 13.45 pm at the Rome Events Trevi Congress Center (Piazza della Pilotta, 4), the Italian Medicines Agency presents the National Report "The use of antibiotics in Italy - Year 2018". The Report, edited by the National Observatory on the Use of Medicines (OsMed) of AIFA, is part of the actions envisaged by the National [...]
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(by Nicola Simonetti) Italy holds the sad European record with more than 10.000 deaths a year related to infections by bacteria resistant to antibiotics currently available. Almost 5% of hospitalized patients have an infection that cannot be treated with common antibiotics. The phenomenon of microbial resistance is increasingly worrying, especially in Italy [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Nowadays antibiotics are used like aspirins, we are used to taking them at every sign of illness to be immediately active and in shape. The immune system needs to strengthen itself by fighting bacteria and viruses. After days of illness and after the organism has fought alone and is not [...]
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