Articulo
Determinants of increasing trends of self-medication: physicians, perspectives
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issn:0326-2383
Autor
Khan, Hafeezullah
Maheen, Safirah
Bashir, Sajid
Abbas, Ghulam
Sher, Muhammad
Ashraf, Zaman
Mahmood, Asif
Sarfraz, Mohammad K.
Institución
Resumen
The objective of study was to take and evaluate opinions of the physicians about various aspects of self-medication. A self-fabricated questionnaire of 38 questions was distributed among 292 physicians. Prominent involvement of females in self-medication was suggested by 176 (60 %) physicians. The self-medication trend is more common in financially lower class as reported by 146 (50 %) physicians and in uneducated community as suggested by 165 (57 %) physicians. Family habits and easy to remember brand names were considered as a major source of drug information reported by 155 (53 %) and 187 (64 %) physicians, respectively. Both over the counter (OTC) and prescription only medicines (POM) drugs are used for self-medication as agreed by 131 (49 %) physicians. Medical stores were considered as the major source of drug provider for this purpose suggested by 264 (90 %) practitioners. The extensive use of analgesics for self-medication was reported by 52 % of the respondents. Presence of pharmacist at the points of drug dispensing and a comprehensive health care policy from Government were important suggestions to reduce the self-medication. Colegio de Farmacéuticos de la Provincia de Buenos Aires