All of us are very familiar with the word ‘’Antibiotic’’. As we definitely used this once in our life. But many of us are not aware that actually what is antibiotic?
An Antibiotics are those medicines which we used for treatment of infections caused by bacteria. But it does not treat viral infections. Antibiotics works by killing bacteria (bactericidal) or inhibiting them from reproduce (bacteriostatic).
Antibiotics are divided in to 10 different classes:
- Penicillin Antibiotics
- Cephalosporin Antibiotics
- Quinolones Antibiotics
- Tetracycline Antibiotics
- Lincomycin Antibiotics
- Sulfonamide Antibiotics
- Macrolide Antibiotics
- Aminoglycoside Antibiotics
- Glycopeptides Antibiotics
- Carbapenems Antibiotics
All the antibiotics belongs to different categories have different mechanism of action and they are used for treatment of bacterial infections caused by different types bacterias.
Antibiotics are life saving drugs only if we are consuming them in right prescribed manner. But If we avoid to take them as they are prescribed, it can be harmful for our health. It is very important for everyone to complete the course of antibiotics once it is prescribed and if we left the course in middle of time, the bacteria get resistant against that antibiotics and then they can not be killed or inhibit by antibiotics.
India has numbers of pharmaceutical manufacturers who are producing these antibiotics. Among them Affy group is one of the rising star in the field of antibiotics. They are one of the best antibiotics manufacturer in India having different types of antibiotics like betalactam antibiotics, Cephalosporins antibiotics, Quinolones antibiotics and many more.