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Self-Medication With Antibiotics: An Element Increasing Resistance

Cureus, 2022
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 prescription.
Chetna Sachdev, Ashish P Anjankar, Jayesh Agrawal   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Predicting Self-Medication with Cannabis in Young Adults with Hazardous Cannabis Use

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022
Using cannabis to reduce psychological and physical distress, referred to as self-medication, is a significant risk factor for cannabis use disorder. To better understand this high-risk behavior, a sample of 290 young adults (ages 18–25; 45.6% female ...
Dorothy Wallis, J. Coatsworth, J. Mennis, N. Riggs, N. Zaharakis, M. Russell, Aaron R. Brown, Stephanie R. Rayburn, Aubrie Radford, Christopher Hale, M. Mason   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Definition of self-medication: a scoping review

Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety, 2022
Self-medication (SM) is a global and growing phenomenon. It represents a public health problem due to antibiotic resistance, risk of adverse drug reactions, drug–drug interactions, disease masking, and increased morbidity. There is not a consensus on the
Daniela Baracaldo-Santamaría, Maria José Trujillo-Moreno, A. Pérez-Acosta, J. E. Feliciano-Alfonso, C. Calderón-Ospina, F. Soler   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Comparative assessment of the prevalence, practices and factors associated with self‐medication with antibiotics in Africa

Tropical medicine & international health, 2021
To evaluate and compare the prevalence, reasons, sources and factors associated with self‐medication with antibiotics (SMA) within Africa.
E. Yeika, Brecht Ingelbeen, Ben-Lawrence Kemah, F. Wirsiy, Joseph Nkeangu Fomengia, Marianne Antonia Bernarda Sande   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Self-Medication Practices in Medical Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Analysis

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
Background and Objectives During the pandemic, the growing influence of social media, accessibility of over-the-counter medications, and fear of contracting the virus may have led to self-medication practices among the general public.
Farah Yasmin, M. Asghar, Unaiza Naeem, Hala Najeeb, Hamza Nauman, M. Ahsan, A. Khattak   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Self-medication practices to prevent or manage COVID-19: A systematic review

PLoS ONE, 2021
Background Previous studies have assessed the prevalence and characteristics of self-medication in COVID-19. However, no systematic review has summarized their findings.
Alvaro Quincho-Lopez, Christeam A. Benites-Ibarra, Maryori M. Hilario-Gomez, Renatta Quijano-Escate, Á. Taype-Rondan   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Pre-cooling with ingesting a high-carbohydrate ice slurry on thermoregulatory responses and subcutaneous interstitial fluid glucose during heat exposure

Journal of Physiological Anthropology, 2022
The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of ingesting ice slurries with two different carbohydrate contents on body temperatures and the subcutaneous interstitial fluid glucose level during heat exposure. Seven physically active men underwent
Takashi Naito, Tatsuya Saito, Akihisa Morito, Satoshi Yamada, Masatsugu Shimomasuda, Mariko Nakamura   +5 more
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Prevalence of self-medication during COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
Background The COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions on travel and quarantine measures made people turn to self-medication (SM) to control the symptoms of their diseases. Different studies were conducted worldwide on different populations, and their results
Golnesa Kazemioula, S. Golestani, Seyed Mohammad Amin Alavi, Forough Taheri, Reza Ghanei Gheshlagh, M. Lotfalizadeh   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Prevalence and Correlates of Self-Medication Practices for Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19: A Systematic Review

Antibiotics, 2022
It has been suggested that the COVID-19 pandemic led to an increase in self-medication practices across the world. Yet, there is no up-to-date synthesized evidence on the prevalence of self-medication that is attributable to the pandemic.
O. Ayosanmi, B. Alli, Oluwatosin Akingbule, A. Alaga, J. Perepelkin, D. Marjorie, S. Sansgiry, Jeffrey Taylor   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Drug errors related to self-medication in Morocco [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2021
Introduction: Self-medication refers to the act of obtaining a drug without a prescription in order to use it for treatment. The objective of this study is to describe the epidemiological characteristics of drug errors related to self-medication in ...
Jadda Sara, Hami Hinde, Rhalem Naima, Coulibaly Sanou Khô, Mokhtari Abdelrhani, Soulaymani-Bencheikh Rachida, Soulaymani Abdelmajid   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source