New health policies and legislative regulations in antibiotic therapy

Sirma TOMOŞ

Faculty of Pharmacy, "Ovidius" University of Constanta

Florica BUŞURICU

Faculty of Pharmacy, "Ovidius" University of Constanta

Radu George CAZACINCU

Faculty of Pharmacy, "Ovidius" University of Constanta, Magistra C&C, Constanta

Nicoleta-Florentina RONCEA

Faculty of Pharmacy, "Ovidius" University of Constanta

Cristina-Luiza ERIMIA

Faculty of Pharmacy, "Ovidius" University of Constanta

ABSTRACT

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health threat affecting all countries, regardless of their wealth, prompting the World Health Organization (WHO) to identify AMR in 2019 as one of the ten global health threats. We are currently witnessing a medical crisis caused by decades of antibiotic overuse and a lack of new antibiotic types on the pharmaceutical market.

Over the past 20 years, warnings have repeatedly been raised regarding the excessive and often unjustified use of these therapeutic classes. The article analyzes...