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MP: 23 mucormycosis patients develop mild adverse reaction to new treatment injection

YB WEB DESK. Dated: 6/19/2021 11:19:33 AM

Sagar, June 18 At Bundelkhand Medical College (BMC) in Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh, 23 mucormycosis patients developed mild adverse reactions after being administered the new amphotericin B lipid complex injections. The doctors at the hospital controlled the adverse reactions using other medicines and immediately stopped the use of this injection. The condition of all patients is stable. The Madhya Pradesh government had on Sunday sent 120 amphotericin B lipid complex injections for the treatment of 37 mucormycosis (or black fungus) patients admitted at BMC. The new injections were administered to 25 patients under the supervision of doctors. Of the 25 patients, 23 developed symptoms including mild fever, vomiting, shivering and increased blood pressure levels in response to the new injection. Dr Umesh Patel, media in-charge at BMC, said, “Since the injections were of a new type, keeping in mind the possibility of an adverse reaction, each patient was injected in the presence of specialist doctors. After adverse reactions, the use of the injections has been stopped by doctors and all adverse reactions have been controlled. Under the direction of dean Dr RS Verma, all patients have been kept under observation.