In much of the world antimicrobial drugs are sold without prescription or oversight by health-
care professionals. The scale and effect of this practice is unknown. We systematically …

Background: Antibiotics misuse is currently one of the major public health issues worldwide.
This misuse can lead to the development of bacterial resistance, increasing the burden of …

Background Self medication with antibiotics has become an important factor driving
antibiotic resistance. This study investigated the period prevalence, patterns of use, and …

Introduction. Self medication is usually defined as intake of any type of drugs for treating
oneself without professional supervision to relieve an illness or a condition. Self medication …

ABSTRACT A survey of 500 patients attending primary health care centres in Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia was carried out to determine the prevalence and factors associated with self …

Aim: Self medication (SM) is proportionately increasing in both urban and rural communities.
The prevalence and pattern of SM use is not well established, hence a cross sectional …

Self-medication is becoming a common type of self-care behavior among the population of
many countries. Many international studies have investigated the prevalence and nature of …

Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of self-medication practices
among dental out patients presenting at a tertiary health care center in Ibadan, and to …

Despite government efforts to increase healthcare insurance and access in China, many
individuals, regardless of insurance status, continue to engage in high levels of self …

Most hospitals in Sudan consumed large amount of cephalosporin antibiotics, particularly in
surgical departments as the preferred choice for prophylaxis. The present study audited the …