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Self-medication is, in the majority of cases, applied without medical supervision and, to a certain extent, is an uncharted area with regard to interactions, pregnancy, lactation, use in children and the elderly, driving, working conditions, alcohol, or food compared to the more controlled prescription-only environment. "i am now a doctor": self-medication practices among households in accra by emelia afi agblevor (10304367) this thesis is submitted to the university of ghana, legon in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of mphil sociology degree. 22 A Study carried out by Fakeye also showed that self-medication is huge a problem in Nigeria , due to the easy and illegal access to prescription, and controlled medicines without prescription and the fact that most drugs can be obtained from the pharmacies without prescription coupled with ignorance on the therapeutic actions and effects of This was a questionnaire-based descriptive study of 410 antenatal clients attending primary, secondary and tertiary centers in Ibadan, Nigeria. The variables analysed were demographic data of respondents and level of health care received. Outcome measures were use of prescribed drugs, self-medication or herbal preparations. Self-medication has been widely practiced worldwide particularly in developing countries including Tanzania. In sub-Saharan Africa high incidences of malaria have contributed to self-medication with anti-malarial drugs. In recent years, there has been a gain in malaria control, which has led to decreased malaria transmission, morbidity and mortality. Therefore, understanding the patterns of PDF | Abstract The phenomenon of self-medication is a significant problem in a developing country due to easy availability of drugs. Women, Self-Medication, Pregnant, Ekiti, Nigeria. Discover Researches have shown that self-medication is not on the increase only in Nigeria, as nationals of most developing countries, where the economy is not good and their governments don't provide Despite these limitations, patient adherence with medications is only 60.2%, self-blood glucose monitoring is only accomplished in 25.4%, and last glucose readings are only known by 58.8%. 29 This compares with adherence in the United States, where Rubin 30 described antidiabetes medication adherence of 60%-85% and Hertz et al. 31 described Annals of African Medicine Vol. 7, No.3; 2008:120 - 127 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Page | 120 FACTORS INFLUENCING THE PATTERN OF SELF-MEDICATION IN AN ADULT NIGERIAN POPULATION A. O. Afolabi Department of Dental Services, Federal Medical Centre, Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria irrational use and non-prescription sale of antibiotics in Nigeria. It will discuss the evidence, the concept of self-medication, resistance and interactions, legislation, probable solutions, changes and the concept of sustainability which would help guarantee the appropriate sale and rational use of antibiotics in Nigeria. Ahwinahwi Ufuoma et al., 2016/ Self-medication with antibiotics among staff of a Nigerian International Research Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biosciences (IRJPBS) 3 (4) 15 of self-medication practice at the population level. In Nigeria, some studies have been conducted on the population prevalence of self-medication [10,12] also the prevalence of In as much as self medication isn't exactly good, it is practically impossible to have all medical cases treated In the hospital or attended to by a qualified health perso

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