Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of self-medication among medical students of Government Medical College, Baroda, Gujarat Pathak Akhilesh K* Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bathinda, Punjab, India *Corresponding Author Dr Akhilesh K Pathak (Professor and Head) E-mail: dr.akhilesh_pathak@yahoo.co.in Mobile: +91 9427222776
Online published on 24 January, 2020. Abstract Self-medication is a commonly found behaviour world-wide in which the people use drugs to self-administered treatment for their physical or psychological illness. Self-medication involves obtaining medicines without a prescription, resubmitting old prescriptions to purchase medicines, sharing medicines with relatives or members of one's social circle or using leftover medicines stored at home. Self-medication is an essential part of self-care, which is quite common in India due to easy availability of drugs without prescription. It is considerably high in medical students and paramedics due to their knowledge of medicine. The drugs, which are most frequently used for self-medication are antibiotics, analgesics, antipyretics, antihistaminics, antitussives, multivitamins, anthelmintics, etc. The prevalence of self-medication among medical students in Central Gujarat is not known and hence this project was undertaken to assess the prevalence of self-medication among the undergraduate students of Government Medical College, Baroda and to assess their knowledge, attitude and practices of self-medication. Top Keywords Self medication, Self care, self-administered treatment. Top |