Assessment Of Self-Medication Practiceamong 4th Year Mbbs Students In Nmc, Multan-Pakistan -Dr Anam Khalid.

Background: Self-medication is the use of drug without advice, prescription or supervision of a physician to treat self-diagnosed symptoms. It is a very common health issue practiced worldwide. Inappropriate practicing of self-medication results in adverse health effects like resistance to antibiotics, drug dependence, and prolonged use of some drugs. Objectives: The objective of this study is to investigate the pattern of self- medication practices, the common type illnesses for which self- medication has been used by 4th year MBBS students and to identify frequently used drugs, determinants of self-medication, drug information sources, side effects encountered and educational status of parents of students adopting self-medication. Methods: This is an observational study that has been conducted on 4th year MBBS students with the help of a cross-sectional questionnaire (mentioning different groups of drugs) among a sample of 220 students. Duration of the study was two weeks i.e. from 15th March, 2015 to 28th March, 2015. Data was analyzed by SPSS V 14 and the results are expressed in counts and percentage.