Pattern of availability of non-prescribed medicines and their use as self-medication in Gujarat: a house hold survey
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology - Year 2019, Vol 5, Issue 4
Abstract
Selfmedication is widely practiced everywhere in the world The drug for self medication has proven efficacy and safety for shortterm use in minor illnesses but there is the potential for misuse and abuse of themA cross sectional survey was conducted by visiting 800 houses of Anand district of Gujarat The details regarding self medication were inquired which include the medical conditions for which they used availability of Fixed Dose Combinations FDCs previously prescribed medicines taken as self medication sources reference reasons for self medication The Knowledge of the study participants regarding Self medication was inquired by revealing the history of illness in past six months Ethics Committee approval was taken prior to the studyA total of 501 without prescription medicine formulations were found in 245 3063 houses more in the urban area 3825 than the rural 23 The common conditions for self medication were body ache arthritis and fever 3653 The commonest source was pharmacy stores whereas family friends or relatives were commonest sources of information for self medication The Self decision was taken for 3293 of medicines Total 43 medicines prescribed earlier were used as self medication for other family member including 12 preparations for pediatric use Only 126 participants had 222 illness episodes in past six month Of them 18 study respondents self medicated Half of the respondents were having the knowledge regarding medicineThere is a need of emphasizing on proper awareness and education related to selfmedicationKeywords Selfmedication Medicines without prescription Rural Urban
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Nazima Yunus Mirza, Barna Ganguly
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