Open AccessDrug-related problems associated with self-medication and medication guided by prescription : A pharmacy-based survey
Author(s) -
Abinash Panda,
Swetalina Pradhan,
Gurukrushna Mohapatra,
Jigyansa Mohapatra
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of pharmacology/the indian journal of pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.286
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1998-3751
pISSN - 0253-7613
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7613.190728
Subject(s) - medicine , self medication , confidence interval , medical prescription , odds ratio , pharmacy , observational study , drug , pharmaceutical care , dosing , group b , descriptive statistics , family medicine , psychiatry , pharmacology , statistics , mathematics
The objective of this study is to identify and compare the nature of the drug-related problems (DRPs) associated with self-medication and non-self-medication (drug use guided by a prescription).