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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

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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Attitude and practice of self-medication among 2nd-year dental students in a tertiary care teaching hospital: A questionnaire-based cross-sectional study

National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 2022
Background: It is a common believe that self medication prevails more in medical students. Dental students do believe in self medication. With this background, current study aimed to determine the attitude and practice of self medication among dental ...
Smita Das, Sansita Parida, Debasish Misra, Manika Bose   +3 more
doaj   +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
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The scenario of self-medication practices during the covid-19 pandemic; a systematic review

Annals of Medicine and Surgery, 2022
Background Self-medication association with an ongoing pandemic is evident in the studies conducted throughout the world. To summarize the findings of previous papers, we carried out a systematic review to observe the current scenario of self-medication ...
A. Shrestha, M. Aryal, Junu Rana Magar, Sajina Shrestha, Labiba Hossainy, F. Rimti   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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

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

Over the counter drugs and self-medication: A worldwide paranoia and a troublesome situation in India during the COVID-19 pandemic

Annals of Medicine and Surgery, 2022
Self-medication is the use of drugs to treat self-diagnosed ailments without the use of a formal prescription. Self-medication is defined by the World Health Organization as the use of medications to address self-diagnosed diseases or symptoms.
Ishita Ray, Mainak Bardhan, M. M. Hasan, A. Sahito, E. Khan, Suyog Y. Patel, Ishan Jani, Parjanya K Bhatt, Rohini Sp, S. Swed   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Inappropriate self-medication among adolescents and its association with lower medication literacy and substance use. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
While self-medication is common, inappropriate self-medication has potential risks. This study assesses inappropriate self-medication among adolescents and examines the relationships among medication literacy, substance use, and inappropriate self ...
Chun-Hsien Lee, Fong-Ching Chang, Sheng-Der Hsu, Hsueh-Yun Chi, Li-Jung Huang, Ming-Kung Yeh   +5 more
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Risk factors associated with self-medication among the indigenous communities of Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh

PLoS ONE, 2022
Background In developing countries like Bangladesh, self-medication has become a predicament associated with health risks and clinical complications.
A. Saha, Kay Kay Shain Marma, Afrah Rashid, Nowshin Tarannum, Srabanty Das, Tonmoy Chowdhury, Nusrat Afrin, P. Chakraborty, M. Emran, H. Mehedi, M. Hussain, A. Barua, S. Mistry   +12 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source