Treatment from non pediatric therapist or quacks and self medication modifies the clinical pattern of disease, delays the correct diagnosis and influences the morbidity and mortality in children. The tendency to treat children by parents by way of self medication (SM) is on the increase(l-4). Availability of the drugs without proper prescription in the developing countries(5,6) has led to furth...

OBJECTIVE This study presents the application of a method to design medicine labels centred in the user and applied to a Mexican children's analgesic. MATERIAL AND METHODS The method was developed by the Communication Research Institute (CRI) of Australia and consists of six stages that thoroughly consider all aspects related to medicine labels. This method was applied for the first time in M...

Background: Over half of U.S. adults use vitamin or mineral supplements, and some are likely using supplements to treat chronic diseases or risk factors for disease. Information on the relationship between supplement use and medical conditions is useful to health professionals to understand the self-medication behavior of their patients, and important for researchers because medical conditions ...

Improved understanding of the factors that influence malaria care seeking behaviour is necessary in order to enhance the effectiveness of current malaria control strategies. This paper empirically examines the factors that affect household choice of malaria treatment options in Ghana. The treatment options considered were choice of a public provider of health care, a private provider, purchase ...

A pervasive phenomenon in developing countries is that self-prescribed medications are purchased from drug vendors without professional supervision. In this article we develop a model of self-medicating behavior of a utility-maximizing consumer who balances the benefits and risks of self-medication. The empirical investigation focuses on the role of income and health insurance on the use of sel...

Background The government seeks to build a healthy community through quality, generic drugs that are available, accessible and affordable. On the other hand, self-medication among different community segments has grown in popularity. In this paper, we want to argue that if the government fail to regulate and to supervise informal drug dispensaries, the community particularly the poor is more li...

Background: Self-medication has become a common trend to treat self-diagnosed disorders. Objectives: To assess the prevalence of self-medication, identify factors leading find association demographic variables with self-medication.