Conclusion SM has become an essential area within healthcare, but the provision of SM is
an overall major global concern, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. SM may …

Almost all aspects of society from food security to disease control and prevention have
benefited from pharmaceutical and personal care products, yet these products are a major …

Background and Objectives: Self-medication with over-the-counter (OTC) medicines is
becoming an increasingly popular practice around the world. The global prevalence rate of …

Background Self-medication association with an ongoing pandemic is evident in the studies
conducted throughout the world. To summarize the findings of previous papers, we carried …

Self-medication is the most common practice worldwide and it may lead to irrational use of
drugs. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the prevalence of self-medication practice and …

Background. The prevalence of self‐medication has increased dramatically worldwide. This
study was conducted to determine the reasons for self‐medication from the perspective of …

Background The novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has begun with a wave of
misinformation and fear of infection. This may have led people to self-medicate …

Background Self-medication is the use of drugs to treat self-diagnosed disorders and/or
symptoms, or the intermittent or continued use of a prescribed drug for recurrent disease or …

Objective Self-medication practice is the selection and use of medicines by individuals or a
member of the individual's family without physician's order to treat self-recognized or self …

The 2021 Global monitoring report on financial protection in health shows that before the
COVID-19 pandemic, the world was off-track to reduce financial hardship due to health …