Is self-medication with antibiotics in Europe driven by prescribed use? | Zendy

Larissa Grigoryan | Zendy; Johannes G. M. Burgerhof | Zendy; F. M. Haaijer-Ruskamp | Zendy; J. E. Degener | Zendy; Reginald Deschepper | Zendy; Dominique L Monnet | Zendy; Antonella Di Matteo | Zendy; Elizabeth Scicluna | Zendy; A.-C. Bara | Zendy; Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg | Zendy; J. Birkin | Zendy

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Is self-medication with antibiotics in Europe driven by prescribed use?

Author(s) -

Larissa Grigoryan,

Johannes G. M. Burgerhof,

F. M. Haaijer-Ruskamp,

J. E. Degener,

Reginald Deschepper,

Dominique L Monnet,

Antonella Di Matteo,

Elizabeth Scicluna,

A.-C. Bara,

Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg,

J. Birkin

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkl457

Subject(s) - self medication , medicine , pharmacy , antibiotics , respiratory tract infections , logistic regression , family medicine , medical prescription , multinomial logistic regression , minor (academic) , environmental health , nursing , machine learning , computer science , law , respiratory system , microbiology and biotechnology , political science , biology

Self-medication with antibiotics may increase the risk of inappropriate use and the selection of resistant bacteria. One of the triggers for using self-medication may be past experience with antibiotics prescribed by health professionals. We examined the association between prescribed use and self-medication with antibiotics.

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