Behavior of Medical Students toward Over-the-Counter Drugs in Comparison to Students from Other Faculties, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Amar Fathi Mohamed Khalifa, Yasser Nabil AlKhudairy, Adel Ahmed Algahtani, Bandar Mohammed Abduljabbar, Fahad Majed Aldawsari, Faisal Hunaidi Kharsa, Khalid Mohammed AlSafadi, Mazen Abdulla Mahjoub, Naif Suliaman AlAli, Rakan Abdulrahman AlAdwanie, Salah Adel Abduljabbar, Sameh Moetaz Alrouh & Shaikh Shaheer Salim · Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International · 2021
Background: Over-the-counter-drugs (OTC) are drugs that can be obtained by patients without a prescription from a physician. In Saudi Arabia, it has been reported that more than half of university students practiced self-medication and used OTC drugs. Methods: An institutional-ba...