PREVALENCE OF SELF-MEDICATION WITH ANALGESICS IN PHARMACY
- Mohamed V Military Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
- Faculty Of Medicine And Pharmacy Of Rabat, Morocco.
Abstract
Self-medication practices are widely practiced globally as a major form of pain management self-care. Our study was undertaken with the objective of evaluating the self-medication in pharmacy by analgesic medicine within the population of casablanca. . This study revealed that 68% of the investigated people requested analgesic in self-medication, without medical prescription .The predominant age range was 20-60, This study showed that 65% investigated people used mainly paracetamol, followed by buprofen with 11%, and then aspirin and tramadol. Pharmacist advice represents 1/3 of self-medication great source. Half of the population used analgesics frequently. The use of those drugs requires an adequate follow-up by the pharmacist. pharmacist to make sure that the analagesics are used properly.and minimized the occurrence of or potential for adverse effects.
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Khadija LECHHEB, Meriem EL BAKI, Nadia BOUHLALA, Fadoua BERDI and Yassir BOUSLIMAN (2022); PREVALENCE OF SELF-MEDICATION WITH ANALGESICS IN PHARMACY, Int. J. of Adv. Res., 10 (10), 308-314, ISSN 2320-5407. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/15493
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