Self-medication and non-prescription drug counseling: Illustrating profession uncertainty within Turkish pharmacy practice

Cavaco, Afonso; Sozen-Sahne, B; Ulutas-Deniz, Elif; Yeğenoğlu, Selen

doi:10.1016/j.sapharm.2017.09.006

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“…In comparison, in the study conducted in Taiwan [24], a higher percentage of pharmacist involvement was observed at 82.9%. The importance that health professionals, particularly pharmacy professionals, have in transmitting knowledge about the rational use of medicines is particularly important in adolescents who, in general, do not have enough knowledge to detect the health problem, nor to decide which medicine to use, the correct dose, and dosage [23,24,[26][27][28].…”

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Prevalence of Self-Medication in Portuguese Adolescents

Almeida

Rocha

Balteiro

2022

Port J Public Health

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Self-medication is considered one of the health-risk behaviours found among adolescents. The main objective of this study is to determine the prevalence of self-medication for Portuguese adolescents. An observational cross-sectional study was carried out. The sample comprised 420 adolescents, of whom 343 (81.7%; 95% CI: 77.8–85.2) had already self-medicated and 277 (66.0%; 95% CI: 61.4–70.5) self-medicated in the last 6 months. The main health problems that motivated self-medication were headache (76.7%), flu (70.6%), sore throat (56%), and fever (54.5%). Paracetamol was the most consumed drug (86.9%) followed by ibuprofen (83.1%). The pharmacy (87.8%) was the preferred place to purchase drugs; however, 221 adolescents (64.4%) reported that they self-medicated with the medicines they had at home. Of the adolescents who resorted to self-medication, only 59.6% sought additional information about the drug and 53.9% referred to the package leaflet of the medicinal product as the main source of clarification. A significant portion of the respondents (84.3%) believed that self-medication might be acceptable to treat minor illnesses. It was observed that self-medication is a very common practice among adolescents, making it an extremely important issue to carry out more studies on this section of the Portuguese population due to the scarcity of existing ones. These data can be used to define strategies for the dissemination of the rational use of the drug in the adolescent population.

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Prevalence of Self-Medication in Portuguese Adolescents

Almeida

Rocha

Balteiro

2022

Port J Public Health

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“…20 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34. , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42. , 43 , 44 The hierarchy used to prioritize intervention measures to control inappropriate SMP is shown in Fig.…”

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“…Therefore, continuing education programs to healthcare workers regarding the rational use of medicines are beneficial for reducing the consequences of inappropriate SMP. 37 , 43 …”

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Prioritizing intervention measures to prevent inappropriate self-medication practices using the Analytical Hierarchy Process

Shrivastava

Bajracharya

Shakya

2022

Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy

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“…Referindo-se a dúvidas com medicamentos, outros estudos realizados demonstram que o farmacêutico é considerado um dos profissionais de saúde mais compreensível, tendo o papel de aconselhador do paciente. Além disso, auxilia na farmacoterapia e também com outras alternativas não farmacológicas (CAVACO et al, 2018;YEGENOGLU;BAYDAR, 2011).…”

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