Self-medication practice among preclinical university students in a medical school from the city of Pokhara, Nepal

Banerjee I 1 , Sathian B 2 , Gupta RK 3 , Amarendra A 4 , Roy B 5 , Bakthavatchalam P 6 Show all authors , Saha A 7 , Banerjee I 8

Affiliations 

  • 1 Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, SSR Medical College, Belle Rive, Mautitius, ; Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara, Nepal
  • 2 Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara, Nepal
  • 3 Professor and Head of the Department, Department of Pharmacology, SSR Medical College, Belle Rive, Mautitius
  • 4 Lecturer, Department of Pharmacology, SSR Medical College, Belle Rive, Mautitius
  • 5 Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara, Nepal
  • 6 Lecturer, Faculty of medicine, Quest International University, Perek, Malaysia
  • 7 Professor and Head of the Department, Department of Pharmacology, Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara, Nepal
  • 8 Post Doctorate Trainee, M.Ch Urology, SMS Medical College, Rajasthan, India
Nepal J Epidemiol, 2016 Jun;6(2):574-581.
PMID: 27774346

Abstract

In developing countries like Nepal medicines can be acquired from the chemist's without of a prescription which sometime may have many drawbacks due to intake of excessive drugs without a proper diagnosis. The primary objective of the study was to find out the pattern of self-medication practice among the preclinical medical students at Manipal College of Medical Sciences.

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