Self-medication is of great public health importance as it often bypasses regulatory
mechanisms to assure quality of health care. Nevertheless there are no established …

Background: Nowadays self-medication is one of the most common public health issues in
many countries, as well as in Iran. According to need to epidemiological information about …

This study aimed to evaluate self-medication with antibiotics in the general Indian
population. A cross-sectional community-based online survey was conducted for a period of …

Background Self-medication is a public health concern that may create several problems
such as increase in drug resistance, raise in drug use per capita, and creating side effects …

Benefits of antibiotics are threatened by the self-medication, people's lack of knowledge and
inappropriate use of antibiotics, especially in develo** countries. This study was designed …

Background: Self-Medication (SM) is a practice of using medications to treat selfdiagnosed
symptoms without a legitimate prescription by a health care professional. Alongside posing …

Results The prevalence of self-medication in the area was 60%(240). The most widely used
drugs for self-medication were analgesics (159; 66.25%) and antipyretics (142; 59.16%) …

Objective: After the World Health Organization (WHO) declared coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) a pandemic, intense efforts to combat the novel coronavirus were undertaken …

Background: Antibiotics are the most frequently used medicines worldwide with most of the
countries defining these as prescription-only medicines. Though, dispensing non-prescribed …

Objective To evaluate the status of community pharmacies, their staff, and practices toward
dispensing antibiotics. Design Cross-sectional, prospective. Place and duration of study …