Background To date, there is no effective treatment for COVID-19, which is a pandemic
disease, caused by a novel coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2. In Togo, where four in five …

Background: The anxiety caused by the emergence of the novel coronavirus disease
(COVID-19) globally has made many Nigerians resort to self-medication for purported …

Results The prevalence of self-medication in the area was 60%(240). The most widely used
drugs for self-medication were analgesics (159; 66.25%) and antipyretics (142; 59.16%) …

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

Background Self-medication with antibiotics (SMA) is a global problem. This extends to
medication of under-fives by their parents. In particular, there is currently insufficient …

Objectives To determine the factors motivating the consumers towards self-medication, the
intended indications and the consumers' perceptions about complications that may arise …

This study was conducted to evaluate the routine medical check‐up and self‐treatment
behaviors of people living in a remote and mountainous setting in Northern Vietnam and …

Sustainable consumption refers to the choice, purchase, use, and disposal of goods so as to
enable all people to meet their present and future objective needs. However, panic caused …

Objective: An in-depth evaluation of the published evidence is needed on self-medication,
specifically the evidence focusing on vulnerable groups, such as pregnant women. This …

Background There have been significant achievements in controlling COVID-19 in Saudi
Arabia (SA), but as in most healthcare settings worldwide, health services have been …