Title : Prevalence of self-medication among undergraduate students of life sciences at BUITEMS
Abstract:
The current learning concludes the prevalence of Self-medication among undergraduate students of life sciences at BUITEMS and is found to be relatively high. In addition, a strong positive association between easily availability of drugs without prescriptions from nearby pharmacies and self-medication was identified. Besides factors like self-diagnosis of diseases, previous illness experience with similar symptoms, less severity of disease etc also contributes towards self-medication practices by the students. Another interesting finding of our studies revealed that inspite of a high percentage of Life sciences students i.e., 68% were aware of the effects/risks of the used drugs but still practice self-medication and avoid consulting doctors for their medical problems. Thus, awareness and education regarding the implications of self-medication is among university students is must and strict policies could be introduced to regulate the procurement of medications and prohibit their purchase without a prescription through urging pharmacists to dispense them under supervised regulations.
