Abstract

Antibiotics are considered as one among the most commonly sold drug classes in the developing countries. Besides antibiotic resistance, antibiotics are associated with significant side effects. Although antibiotics have been a major breakthrough in promoting and securing the health of children, the implications of antibiotic resistance are that we are losing antibiotics that are able to treat common infections in children. The successful antibiotic treatment depends on rapid diagnosis, findings of pathogenic organism and appropriate pharmacodynamic applications of antibiotics in childrens. In children and infants below the 18 years of age the absorption distribution metabolism and elimination of drugs may differ in comparison with adults. In this article we are describing unwanted effects of over usage of antibiotics in infants and children and discuss the proper usage of antibiotics in children and the risk factor of being parents having low education and illiteracy and unaware of usage of antibiotics in children .Thus the objective of present study was to assess the use of antibiotics in children regarding the suitability of indication and dose and compare them with the suitable guideline recommendations. Thus the over usage of antibiotics over the years in childrens leads to developments of serious toxicity. Health education should be provided to the parents could in physician’s offices, schools, universities, pediatric clinics. To overcome this over usage of antibiotics in pediatrics three criteria were documented (1) antibiotics are not indicated at all (2) using clinical evidence to justify the need for antibiotics (3) diagnostic testing confirming the need for antibiotics.