Devi Das, Syed Imtiaz Ahmed Jafry, Syed Muhammad Zulfiqar Hyder Naqvi, Kelash Kumar.
Awareness regarding risks of self-medication among people visiting community pharmacies..
J Pak Med Assoc Jan ;70(10):1819-21.

A cross-sectional survey was conducted from April 2018 to February 2019 to assess the level of awareness regarding the risks of self-medication among people visiting the community pharmacies of Block-13, Gulistan-e-Johar, Karachi. Data was collected from 395 participants after taking their written informed consent by using a pre-tested questionnaire and analysed on statistical package for social sciences version 20. The study results showed that 186 (47.1%) participants were aware that drugs have side-effects, 242 (61.3%) knew that a drug can make a person dependent on it, 220 (55.7%) had the knowledge that long-term use of any medicine can be harmful to the body, 132 (33.4%) were aware that all over-the-counter medicines are not safe to use, whereas178 (45.1%) believed that no medicine should be taken unless recommended by a licensed practitioner. It was concluded that many of the study participants did not have the knowledge regarding risks of self-medication.

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