Objectives Self-medication with antibiotics (SMA) is a practice of global concern with a
higher incidence within the low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). Despite worldwide …

Background: Self-medication can lead to serious consequences but its overall prevalence in
students is not known. Aims: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of self …

Background Development of drug resistance caused by self-medication with antibiotics, can
be seen as one of the growing global threats. Self-medication is defined as the selection and …

Self-medication is of great public health importance as it often bypasses regulatory
mechanisms to assure quality of health care. Nevertheless there are no established …

Benefits of antibiotics are threatened by the self-medication, people's lack of knowledge and
inappropriate use of antibiotics, especially in developing countries. This study was designed …

ABSTRACT Background: In Zambia, antibiotics are categorized as prescription-only
medicines. Antibiotics dispensed without a prescription pose a public health threat, which is …

Introduction Resistant strains of bacteria are rapidly emerging with increasing inappropriate
use of antibiotics rendering them less efficacious. Self-purchasing of antibiotics particularly …

Background The possibility of self-medication is higher in health sciences students than
other students because of easy access to drug information resources and relatively sufficient …

Background The global increase in the utilization of non-prescribed antibiotics (NPA), is
concerning, with high persistence within the low and middle-income countries (LMICs). With …

One of the major global health care crises in the 21st century is antibiotic resistance. Almost
all clinically used antibiotics have resistance emerging to them. Antibiotic Resistance can be …