Objectives There has been no review on the prevalence, possible causes, and clinical
outcomes of self-medication with antibiotics (SMA) in the Middle East. Methods Databases …

The current scoping review is an attempt to explore the key reasons, determinants, patterns
and prevalence related to self-medication with antibiotics (SMA) among the lay public. An …

Objective Self-medication practices are widely practiced globally as major form of self-care
for pain management. Unfortunately, with COVID-19 pandemic, prescription only drugs are …

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 …

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 …

Wastewater-based epidemiology is an emerging field that has mostly been applied to
investigate consumption of illicit drugs. In this study, the wastewater-based epidemiology …

Introduction Despite of the global dilemma of antibiotics resistance, this issue is more
worsen in developing countries or places where the antibiotics can be dispensed or …

Self-medication is very common especially in developing countries and is documented to be
associated with many health risks including antibiotic resistance. This study investigated the …

Introduction The benefits of antibiotics are under threat by self-medication, which culminated
in economic burdening of developing countries, treatment failures, the emergence of …