Background: The misuse of non-prescription drugs amongst students has become a serious problem. The youth is especially exposed to the media and the increased advertising of pharmaceuticals poses a larger threat to the young population. There is a paucity of studies on self-medication among medical students. Medical students may differ from the general population because they are exposed to knowledge about diseases and drugs. Aims & Objective: To determine the knowledge, attitude and practice of self-medication among medical students and to compare impact of pharmacology teaching among them. Material and Methods: This study was questionnaire based exploratory study. A self-developed questionnaire consisting of both open-ended and close-ended questions were prepared and given to fill up to students of first and second year medical students. Data was analyzed and associations were tested using the Chi square test. The results expressed as counts and percentages. Results: Out of 157 respondents, 78 were of first year and 79 were of second year. Among first year students 40 and 38, among second year students 58 and 21 were male and female respectively. Among first year students 21(26.92%) had knowledge of generic name, 40(51.28%) had knowledge of side effects and 72(92.33%) had knowledge of expiry date. Figure of knowledge among second year students were 70(88.6%), 72(91.13%) and 76(96.2%) respectively. Attitude wise 60(76.92%) of first year and 53(67.08%) of second year students believe in Ayurvedic/homeopathic medicines. 50(64.1%) of first year and 59(74.68%) of second year students had felt the necessity of medical knowledge towards self-medication. Practice wise 66(84.61%) of first year and 76(96.2%) of second year students had taken selfmedication in last 6 months. Conclusion: This study shows that second year students tend to have greater knowledge of appropriate selfmedication, have a more confident as well as concerned attitude towards self-medication, and tend to practice selfmedication more often and appropriately.

BackgroundPharmacists are the most reachable healthcare professionals to many chronically ill patients. It has been found that pharmacists see patients with diabetes up to five times more often than any other healthcare provider. Therefore, to provide quality health care to patients it is important that they have appropriate knowledge and practice on diabetes mellitus management. Thus, this study was conducted to assess the knowledge and practice of diabetes mellitus management among community pharmacy personnel involved in retail community pharmacies of Kathmandu.MethodsThree hundred and fifteen community pharmacies, selected by systematic random sampling were surveyed by using pre-validated self-administered questionnaires. The first set of questionnaire evaluated the community pharmacy personnel’s diabetes knowledge based on a pre-validated 20-item questionnaire. The second set of questionnaire documented about the practice of community pharmacy personnel on diabetes mellitus management which contained 22 questions. Data was entered in EPI Data and analyzed by using SPSS version 20.ResultsThis survey demonstrated that 76.5 % respondents had poor knowledge and 86.4 % had negative practice on diabetes mellitus (DM) management. Only 26.2 % respondents had good knowledge as well as good practice. 31.4 % of respondents had poor knowledge as well as poor practice on DM management.ConclusionsLaws and regulations regarding community pharmacy personnel need to be implemented. There should be more advanced and experiment based training. Additionally, the provision for further education curriculum in pharmacy education should be implemented which should intensively include disease and proper management. Guidelines covering diabetes care should be distributed and implemented throughout community pharmacies.