Prevalence of Self-medication among University Students in Baghdad

Self-medication has been increasing among youths worldwide, promoted both by ease of access and by the false perception that they are completely safe. Despite free access to health-care institutions in Iraq, self-medication is highly prevalent among college students from Baghdad universities. Self-Medication can be harmful, especially if obtained from other sources (not from the pharmacy). Wide variety of reasons urged the students for self-medication, but it caused many side effects among them. Some side effects led to hospitalization.

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Husham J. Abd Al-Badri MD, MB.Ch.B., C.A.B.M.S.-CM.Manager of surveillance section/ Noncommunicable Diseases Department (NCD)/ Directorate of Public Health/ Ministry of Health-Iraq. ------Rawa Jaafar Kadhim Al-Ameri MD, MB.Ch.B., F.I.C.M.S.-FM.Al-Dora Health-Care Center for Family Medicine, Al-Karkh Health Directorate/ Ministry of Health-Iraq