JawaPos.com – Head of the Coordination Work Unit (UKK) for Infection and Tropical Diseases as well as a member of the Covid-19 Task Force of the Indonesian Pediatrician Association (IDAI) DR. Dr. Anggraini Alam, Sp.A(K), said that parents do not need to give antibiotics to children who are exposed to Covid-19 and are treated at home alone.
“The use of antibiotics, according to various studies from the CDC, WHO, sees that this does not enter the standard of care and does not exist in the Covid-19 cycle, so it is not given for Covid therapy,” said Dr. Anggraini in a joint conversation with IDAI via Instagram Live, Sunday (18/7).
Recently, narratives and messages containing prescription drugs for Covid-19 have been circulating on social media containing suggestions for the use of several types of drugs such as azithromycin, favipiravir, and dexamethasone to treat Covid-19. These antibiotics are generally easy and inexpensive to obtain in pharmacies offline or online.
“Why suddenly (antibiotics) booming? Because it’s still early. For example, azithromycin, this makes us all easy and easy to recognize compared to other antivirals that are not familiar. But as time goes on, we learn more and more, that this is not used for Covid therapy, but for a bacterial infection/coinfection,” explained Dr. Anggraini.
For information, Azithromycin is an antibiotic to treat infectious diseases caused by bacteria. Quoted from Hello Sehat, azithromycin is used to treat Covid-19 patients because it has an antiviral role.
However, this drug is only prescribed to Covid-19 patients according to certain criteria according to the doctor’s assessment. Consumption of antibiotics that are not needed increases the body’s susceptibility to infection and results in resistance to antibiotic treatment in the future. Meanwhile, favipiravir or avigan is an antiviral drug whose use must be prescribed by a doctor.
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Editor: Dinarsa Kurniawan
Reporter : Antara
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