Evaluation of self medication among professional students of Rajampet

Lokanath N (1) , Ramkanth S (2) , Balavardhan SN (3) , Kiran Kumar R (4) , Mohamed Saleem TS (5)
(1) Department of Pharmacology, Annamacharya College of Pharmacy, New Boyanapalli, Rajampet-516 126, India, India ,
(2) Department of Pharmaceutics, Annamacharya College of Pharmacy, New Boyanapalli, Rajampet-516 126, India, India ,
(3) Department of Pharmacology, Annamacharya College of Pharmacy, New Boyanapalli, Rajampet-516 126, India, India ,
(4) Department of Pharmacology, Annamacharya College of Pharmacy, New Boyanapalli, Rajampet-516 126, India, India ,
(5) Department of Pharmacology, Annamacharya College of Pharmacy, New Boyanapalli, Rajampet-516 126, India, India

Abstract

The objective of this study was to describe and examine the branded medicines used by professional students awareness trust in medicine system, reasons behind self-medication, drug information resources, and knowledge of drug profile. Samples of 300 young students belonging to two professional colleges in Rajampet, Kadapa district were selected. An inclusion criterion was 18-25 years a total of 38 students were excluded in accordance with the exclusion criteria like incomplete information. The prevalence of self-medication among professional students was 78.62%. About 54.19% has a positive trust in allopathic medicines, 27.48% students ayurvedic, homeopathy medicine 13.74%, Sidda 4.58%. Most of the self-medication was involved with headache and fever, cough & cold, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, running nose and eye conjunctivitis, & others. Respondents were using Schedule H drugs/potent drugs for minor illness. The results are based on feed backs, which were provided by respondents included in study. The percentage of self-medication might be a change along with locality and region. This descriptive survey shows that the majority of professional students had a poor knowledge about appropriate self- medication while knowledge of the benefits and risks was not adequate. A number of students consult pharmacists and follow advertisements on drug information.

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Lokanath N
Ramkanth S
Balavardhan SN
Kiran Kumar R
Mohamed Saleem TS
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Lokanath N, Ramkanth S, Balavardhan SN, Kiran Kumar R, & Mohamed Saleem TS. (2012). Evaluation of self medication among professional students of Rajampet. International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences, 3(3), 483–486. Retrieved from https://ijrps.com/home/article/view/3342

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