Antibiotics are essential treatments, especially in the developing world like World Health
Organization (WHO) Southeast Asian region where infectious diseases are still the most …

The current scoping review is an attempt to explore the key reasons, determinants, patterns
and prevalence related to self-medication with antibiotics (SMA) among the lay public. An …

Objectives Self-medication with antibiotics (SMA) is a practice of global concern with a
higher incidence within the low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). Despite worldwide …

Background Self‐medication with antibiotics is one of the leading causes of antibiotic
resistance and drug therapy problems, making antibiotic self‐medication practices a global …

Self-medication refers to the consumption of drugs such as antibiotics by individuals based
on their own experience and knowledge, without consulting a doctor either for diagnosis or …

Self-medication is the use of medicines by people on the basis of their own experience
without consulting a doctor. People use medicines for pain management or to cure a …

Background Decreasing the prevalence of antibiotic self-medication among the public
requires proper understanding of the risk factors involved. However, the determinants of …

Introduction Despite of the global dilemma of antibiotics resistance, this issue is more
worsen in developing countries or places where the antibiotics can be dispensed or …

Objectives There has been no review on the prevalence, possible causes, and clinical
outcomes of self-medication with antibiotics (SMA) in the Middle East. Methods Databases …

Objective To evaluate and compare the prevalence, reasons, sources and factors
associated with self‐medication with antibiotics (SMA) within Africa. Methods Systematic …