Distribution of free antibiotics during this terrible winter, by the super stores to the customer short of money has become a practice. This raises the high concern of the health and medical authorities to look into the matter seriously as the overuse of these free antibiotics may result in drug resistance bugs and many other health concerns.

Most of the stores are doing it as a marketing strategy to attract more and more customer to shop at their stores and get free antibiotics on prescription. They buy the drugs at very low prices and give away to their customer as if they are well wishers and want to save the money of their customers.

The health officials are strongly against the antibiotics giving away to cure cold and flu because these are found ineffective for this purpose. On the other hand the stores argue this by saying that they are giving these antibiotics to their customers free of cost to help out them in this economic gloom and they do it on doctor’s prescription.

Amoxicillin, erythromycin, ciprofloxacin and penicillin are offered free of cost to anyone with a prescription. Infectious disease specialists are really concerned about it because they have been struggling for the reduction of drug use for many years because most of these caused drug resistance and let many bacteria immune to medications and in some cases these immune super bugs lead towards death.

The concerned authorities are sending the awareness literature to these stores to be given by these antibiotics to the customers, in order to use antibiotics wisely. And it is also surprising that most of the stores regarded this information literature and are ready to distribute it along the free drugs.