Investigation on Patient’s Self-medication, Medication Knowledge and Medication Behavior

Nowadays, with the development of information media, people can easily obtain through Internet, TV, and social media. However, media are often full exaggerated false advertisements for medicines healthy food, which induce to spend money on products. It may have adverse effects public health. The purpose this study is understand current situation general public's self-medication, medication knowledge behavior, analyze influence self-medication behavior. subjects survey were 300 living in Greater Taipei area, convenience sampling was used. found that there significant correlations between suggested government should continue carry out various promotional activities integrate them into mass