Statistical Study of Self Medication with OTC and Antibiotics in three major cities of Pakistan
Muhammad Imran Ashraf, Muhammad Shahid Javed, Shazana Rana, Yasir Mehmood, Mudassar Ali Roomi, Asma Inam, Hammad Yousaf
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ABSTRACT
Aim: To discover
the frequency of self-medicine with antibiotics/OTC amongst population of 3 metro
cities of Pakistan (Lahore, Multan, and Islamabad).
Methods: As we realize
that antibiotic resistance has the ability to have an effect on humans at any level
of life, in addition to the healthcare, veterinary, and agriculture industries,
making it one of the global’s most pressing public health issues. There are a
couple of motives for resistance and the maximum not unusual are
self-medication and pharma industries antibiotic wastage without remedy. The
survey used was primarily based on a cross-Sectional examine that's used to collect
data on a populace at a single factor in time.
Results: The material
required for this survey covered Performa containing a list of questions concerning
self-medicinal drug with OTC drugs and antibiotics. One hundred patients from every
metropolis have been interviewed in line with the Performa/ questionnaire.
Conclusion: This survey indicated want for energetic involvement of health care experts,
specially physicians and pharmacists, in educating and counseling the populace approximately
the safe utilization of medication, even though it is hard to eliminate self-remedy
practice legal rules can be made approximately the sale of OTC pills and
antibiotics so as to maximize the exercise of rational use of medication.
Keywords:
Antibiotics, Prescription, Health Care, Rational, Wastage